āk

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ak"

Tocharian B

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Compare English ear (of grain), of the same usage.

Noun

āk

  1. ear of grain

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tocharian *āk, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). Cognate with Latin ago and Sanskrit आजि (āji, “competition, match”). Compare Tocharian A āk.

Noun

āk

  1. zeal

Verb

āk

  1. to lead, drive

Further reading

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

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