ampoño

Tocharian B

Etymology

From āmp- (“to rot”) + the Khotanese abstract-forming suffix -oño, apparently borrowed into Tocharian B for this usage.

Noun

ampoño n

1. rottenness, infection, abscess

Further reading

Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ampoño”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 21