Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/apa

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/apa. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/apa, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/apa in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/apa you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/apa will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/apa, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
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

Etymology 1

The sense of ‘father’ in DLT is may be Tibetan.

Noun

*apa (Common Turkic)

  1. paternal elder female relative; father's sister; elder sister of a male, etc.
    Synonym: *küküy
    Antonym: *yurč (maternal younger male relative; younger brother of a female)
Declension
Declension of *apa (Common Turkic)
singular plural 2)
nominative *apa *apalar
accusative
genitive *apanïŋ *apalarnïŋ
dative *apaka *apalarka
locative *apada *apalarda
ablative *apadan *apalardan
instrumental 1) *apalarïn
equative 1) *apača *apalarča
1) The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
2) This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.
  • *ini (younger brother of a male)
  • *siŋil (younger sister of a male)
  • *eke (elder sister of a female)
  • *tagay (elder brother of a female)
  • *yurč (younger brother of a female)
  • *bāldïz (younger sister of a female)
  • *küküy (elder sister of a male)
  • *ečü (elder brother of a male)
  • *kaŋ (father)
  • *ög (mother)
  • *ana (mother)
  • *ata (father)
Descendants

References

  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*apa/ *apa”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Ercilasun, Ahmet B., Akkoyunlu Ziyat, transl., Kâşgarlı Mahmud Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Giriş - Metin - Çeviri - Notlar - Dizin (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1120) (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 2020, →ISBN
  • Hunutlu, Ümit; Yıldırım, Mert (2023). “Köktürk ve Eski Uygur Yazılı Ürünlerinde Akrabalık Adları”, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi, 4/1: 1-26.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

*apa

  1. bear
    Synonym: *adïg
  2. Honorific title
Declension
Declension of *apa (Common Turkic)
singular plural 2)
nominative *apa *apalar
accusative
genitive *apanïŋ *apalarnïŋ
dative *apaka *apalarka
locative *apada *apalarda
ablative *apadan *apalardan
instrumental 1) *apalarïn
equative 1) *apača *apalarča
1) The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
2) This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.
Descendants
  • Oghur:
  • Siberian: