Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/eke

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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

Etymology

Compared to Proto-Mongolic *egeci (“older sister”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*eke

  1. elder sister

Declension

Declension of *eke
Singular 3)
Nominative *eke
Accusative *ekeg, *ekeni1)
Genitive *ekeniŋ
Dative *ekeke
Locative *ekede
Ablative *ekeden
Allative *ekegerü
Instrumental 2) *eken
Equative 2) *ekeče
Similative 2) *ekeleyü
Comitative 2) *ekeligü
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.

Derived terms

See also

  • *āka (“elder brother”)

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: акка (akka)
  • Arghu:
  • Oghuz:
    • East Oghuz:
      • Turkmen: eje (“mother, aunt, elder sister”)
    • Ottoman Turkish: اجی (eci, “elder sister, grandmother”)
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: (eke)
      • Chagatai: اچه (äçä, “mother, old woman”)
        • → Tajik: оча (oča, “mother”)
        • → Hazaragi: آجه (âja, “grandmother”)
  • Kipchak:
    • West Kipchak:
      • Karachay-Balkar: эгеч (egeç, “sister”)
    • South Kipchak:
      • Kazakh: әже (äje, “grandmother”)
    • East Kipchak
      • Kyrgyz: эже (eje, “elder sister, aunt”)
      • Southern Altai: эје (eǰe, “elder sister”)
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: (eke)

References

  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*eke/ *eke”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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