karyor

Tocharian B

Etymology

From the root of käry- (“to buy, trade”) +‎ -or (action noun suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷreyh₂-.

Noun

karyor n

1. buying, purchasing
2. business negotiation
3. trade, commerce

Derived terms

• käryortstse (“merchant”)
• käryorttau (“merchant”)
• käryorttautsa (“female merchant”)

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “karyor”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 153