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Tocharian B
Etymology 1
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mr, a form of Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join together”). If so, cognate with English arm and Latin arma (whence English armor).
Alternative forms
Noun
āmpär ?
- bodily limb, member
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आम्र (āmra).
Alternative forms
Noun
āmpär ?
- mango
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āmpär”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 48