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Tocharian B
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nuh₂-eh₂, verbal stem of *neh₂w- (“to die, lack”), the same source as naut- (“to die”). Cognate with Tocharian A nwām (“sick”), Welsh newyn (“hunger”), Old Irish núna (“famine”), etc.
Adjective
onuwaññe
- immortal, eternal
- Synonym: oṅkrotte (“immortal”)
Noun
onuwaññe ?
- immortality
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “onuwaññe”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 120-121