Tocharian B edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Tocharian A kᵤli, from Proto-Tocharian *kʷliye, possibly from a pre-Tocharian compound *gʷneh₂-h₁en-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéneh₂ (woman, wife) plus *-h₁en- (that, determiner, used dialectally as a definitizing suffix).[1]

Noun edit

klīye f[1]

  1. woman
    Synonym: śana

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “klīye ~ klyīye”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 242