āke

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See also: ake, Ake, Åke, akẹ, and a'ke

Tocharian B

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tocharian *āke, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱ-os, from *h₂eḱ- (sharp). Cognate with English edge, Ancient Greek ἀκή (akḗ, point), and Russian ость (ostʹ, awn).

Noun

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āke m sg

  1. end
    Synonym: akessu
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Attested as the plural accusative ākeṃ.

Noun

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āke

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.

Further reading

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āke”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 39