Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kap-

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.

Not to be confused with Proto-Turkic *kāp (“sack”), *kāpla- (“to surround, cover”) (Turkmen gāplamak). (See also *topïk)

Compare Proto-Mongolic *kaxa- (“to hinder, close”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

*kap-

1. (transitive) to close

   Synonyms: *yap- (“to close”), *yum- (“to close (eyes, mouth)”)

   Antonym: *ač- (“to open”)

• *kap-gak (“cap, cover”)
• *kap-gan (“trap”)
• *kap-ïg (“gate, door”)
• *kap-ïr-čak (“box, coffin; basket”)
• *kap-sa (“gate”)

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: хуп (hup)
• Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: qapamaq
      • Ottoman Turkish: (qapamaq)
        • Gagauz: kapamaa
        • Turkish: kapamak
    • Turkmen: gapmak (dialect)

Compared to Proto-Mongolic *kabči- (“to pinch, squeeze, grasp; to hold”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

*kap-

1. to snatch, take
2. to bite

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: хып (hyp)
• Common Turkic:

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