kärkkālle

Tocharian B

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from kärtk- (“molder, decay”), but further connections are unknown. Related to Tocharian A kärtkāl (“stretch of water”).

Noun

kärkkālle m

  1. swamp, marsh, bog

Further reading

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kärkkālle”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 173
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