oṅk

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *eṅkwe (whence Tocharian B eṅkwe), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥ḱw-ó- (“mortal”), from the root *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oŋk/

Noun

oṅk

1. a man

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN