akappi

Tocharian B

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Prakrit or the Sanskrit equivalent अकल्प्य (akalpya), from अ- (a-, “not”) + कल्प्य (kalpya, “[what ought] to be performed”), gerundive of the root कॢप् (kḷp, “to perform; to arrange; to prepare”). Cognate to Pali akappiya.

Noun

akappi ?

1. impurity, filth, uncleanliness

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “akappi”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 1