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Tocharian B
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Middle Persian *hampu (“to rot”), possibly through Khotanese.
Verb
āmp-
- to rot, fester
Derived terms
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āmp-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 48