kurp-

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Tocharian B

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tocharian *käurp-, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-h₁-o-, from *kerp- (to pluck), a form of *(s)ker- (to cut). Cognate with English harvest, German Herbst (autumn), Latin carpo (to pluck), Lithuanian kirpti (to chop), etc.

Verb

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kurp-

  1. to be concerned with

Further reading

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kurp-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 196