Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-ki

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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.

Proto-Turkic

Alternative forms

Etymology

For the sense 2, compare Proto-Mongolic *-ki, as in *manu-ki (ours). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Suffix

*-ki

  1. Suffix used to form an adjectival or nominal meaning "that which belongs to.".
    *eb (house) + ‎*-ki → ‎*ebdeki (the one at the house)
  2. Indicates belonging to a person or group.
    *biŕniŋ (our) + ‎*-ki → ‎*biŕniŋki (ours)

Usage notes

  1. Unlike in some daughter languages, the Proto-Turkic form changes with vowel harmony.
  2. This word has a feature where there is an "unstable n" that occurs only when it is conjugated, so the form becomes *-kI(n-).
    *ebinki (the house's (thing)) + ‎*-ki → ‎*ebinkinde (at the house's (thing))

Derived terms

  • *-niŋ (genitive case)
  • *-im (suffix equiping headword for first-person)
  • *-iŋ (suffix equiping headword for second-person)
  • *-si (suffix equiping headword for third-person singular)
  • *-imiŕ (suffix equiping headword for first-person plural)
  • *-iŋiŕ (suffix equiping headword for second-person plural)

Descendants

  • Oghuz:
    • West Oghuz:
      • Old Anatolian Turkish:
  • Karluk:
  • Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • North Siberian:
      • Yakut: -ги (-gi) (Attested in only pronouns.)