alāsk-

Tocharian B

Etymology

Either a learned borrowing from Sanskrit अलस (alasa, “lazy”) (compare *ālase), or from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (“heat”), as in a fever. In the latter case, compare Irish allas (“sweat”).

Verb

alāsk-

1. to be sick

Derived terms

• alāṣmo
• alāṣṣālle

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “alāsk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 28