Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ū
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Proto-Turkic
Etymology
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Noun
*ū
Declension
Declension of *ū
| Singular 3) | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | *ū |
| Accusative | *ūg, *ūnï1) |
| Genitive | *ūnuŋ |
| Dative | *ūka |
| Locative | *ūda |
| Ablative | *ūdan |
| Allative | *ūgaru |
| Instrumental 2) | *ūn |
| Equative 2) | *ūča |
| Similative 2) | *ūlayu |
| Comitative 2) | *ūlugu |
1) Originally only in pronominal declension.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
Derived terms
- *ū-dï- (“to sleep”)
Descendants
- Arghu:
- Khalaj: û
- Medieval:
- Siberian
References
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “u:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ū-dɨ-, *ū-dɨ-k-la-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill