aikare

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *āikäre (whence also Tocharian A ekär), of uncertain further origin. Possibly from the intensive prefix *e(n)- + *iäkre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eg- (“to lack”). If so, from the same source as yäk- (“to neglect”) and Latin egeo, etc.

Adjective

aikare

1. empty

Derived terms

• aikaräññe (“emptiness”)
  • aikarñeṣṣe (“pertaining to”)

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “aikare”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 108