empele

Spanish

Verb

empele

1. inflection of empelar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Tocharian A

Etymology

Borrowed from Tocharian B empele.

Noun

empele ?

1. terrible, horrible, dreadful, awful

Tocharian B

Etymology

From the negative prefix e(n)- + pele (“law”).

Adjective

empele

1. terrible, horrible, dreadful, awful

Derived terms

• empelñe (“dread, horror”)

Descendants

• → Tocharian A: empele

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “empele”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 97