kärpiye

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *krupiye (whence also Tocharian A kärpi), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp-i-yo, a form of *Hrewp- (“to break, tear up”) from *Hrew- (“to tear, pluck”). Cognate with English rough, Latin rūdus (“lump of metal”), and Sanskrit रोमन् (roman, “body hair, wool”), among others.

Adjective

kärpiye

1. raw, rough
2. common, uncouth

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kärpiye”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 174