Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-iŋ

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

• *-ŋ
• *-ïŋ
• *-uŋ
• *-üŋ

*-iŋ

1. Suffix equiping headword for second-person singular.

   ‎*at (“horse”) + ‎*-iŋ → ‎*atïŋ (“horse of (you); (your) horse”)

If the suffix comes to a word ending in a vowel, it takes *-ŋ form.

1. ‎*ana (“mother”) + ‎*-iŋ → ‎*anaŋ (“mother of (you); (your) mother”)

• *-niŋ (“genitive case”)
• *-im (“suffix equiping headword for first-person singular”)
• *-si (“suffix equiping headword for third-person”)
• *-imiŕ (“suffix equiping headword for first-person plural”)
• *-iŋiŕ (“suffix equiping headword for second-person plural”)
• *-ki (“suffix used to form a an adjectival or nominal that that indicates the possessor”)

• *-ŋ
• *-ïŋ
• *-uŋ
• *-üŋ

*-iŋ

1. (Common Turkic) Suffix forming second-person plural imperative

   ‎*seb- (“to love”) + ‎*-iŋ → ‎*sebiŋ (“you, love!”)

See the Wikibooks page about imperatives in Proto-Turkic to learn more about it.

• *-eyin (“suffix forming first-person singular imperative”)
• *-gil (“suffix forming second-person singular imperative”)
• *-zün (“suffix forming third-person singular imperative”)
• *-elim (“suffix forming first-person plural imperative”)