āke

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

Tocharian B

Etymology 1

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

āke m sg

1. end

   Synonym: akessu

Derived terms

• akañce
• akek
• akessu
• akeñe
• akeññe

 

Etymology 2

Attested as the plural accusative ākeṃ.

Noun

āke

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.

Further reading

• 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