alāᵤ

See also: alau

Tocharian B

Etymology

A contraction of unattested *alāwu, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁-won-, a form of Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₁- (“to grind”), making it cognate with Ancient Greek ἄλευρον (áleuron) and Old Armenian ալիւր (aliwr), both meaning "flour".

Noun

alāᵤ ?

  1. wether (a castrated male goat or sheep)

Further reading
  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “alāᵤ”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 27
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