"tau" meaning in Tocharian B

See tau in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: towä [irregular, plural], tom [irregular, plural], taum [irregular, plural]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 斗 (MC tuwX). Etymology templates: {{bor|txb|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|斗}} 斗 (MC tuwX) Head templates: {{head|txb|noun|irregular plural|towä|or|tom|or|taum|g=?-s}} tau ? sg (irregular plural towä or tom or taum)
  1. a dry measure, roughly equivalent to ten quarts or 1.25 pecks Tags: singular Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-tau-txb-noun-1Gj5FWHS Categories (other): Pages with raw sortkeys, Tocharian B entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for tau meaning in Tocharian B (1.4kB)

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 斗 (MC tuwX).",
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    },
    {
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          "name": "Units of measure",
          "orig": "txb:Units of measure",
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            "Quantity",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Mathematics",
            "Sciences",
            "Formal sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
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        "a dry measure, roughly equivalent to ten quarts or 1.25 pecks"
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          "dry measure"
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          "quarts",
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          "pecks",
          "peck"
        ]
      ],
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    },
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    },
    {
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      ]
    },
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        "Tocharian B nouns",
        "Tocharian B terms borrowed from Middle Chinese",
        "Tocharian B terms derived from Middle Chinese",
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        "a dry measure, roughly equivalent to ten quarts or 1.25 pecks"
      ],
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        [
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          "peck"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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