Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kepelek

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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

From *kepeli (butterfly) +‎ *-ak (diminutive suffix). The rounding in some of the descendants is due to the neighboring labial /p/. Some of the descendants also exhibit metathesis to *kelepek. Eren (1999) suggests that this word is an onomatopoeic in origin.

Clauson suggets a loanword, but does not give a source language, pointing that it is only present in Oghuz, Karluk and Kipchak branches.

Compared to Proto-Mongolic *kibe (moth) (Mongolian хив (xiv, moth)) and Japanese コオロギ (kōrogi, cricket) by Altaicists, although such comparisons are deemed as unscientific by the consensus.

Noun

*kepelek

  1. (Common Turkic) butterfly

Declension

Descendants

  • Common Turkic: *kepeli, *kepelek, *kelepek

References

  • al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 448
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kepe:li:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 689
  • Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (1997) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, page 29
  • The template Template:R:tr:Eren does not use the parameter(s):
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    Eren, Hasan (1999) “Proto-Turkic/kepelek”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 227
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kelebek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 291
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kepelek”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 187

See also

Animals in Turkic
Köpek
Dog
dog: *ï̄t
Av Köpeği
Hunting Dog
hunting dog: *eker
Tavuk
Hen
hen: *tiakïgu
Toygar
Lark
lark: *torgay
Güvercin
Pigeon
dove, pigeon: *kȫkerčin
Bıldırcın
Quail
quail: *bïldurčïn
Serçe
Sparrow
sparrow: *serče
Şahin
Hawk
hawk, falcon: *kïrguy
Kaz
Goose
goose: *kāŕ
Börü
Wolf
wolf: *bȫrü
İnek
Cow
cow: *ingek
Buzağı
Calf
calf: *buŕagu
Deve
Camel
camel: *tebe
Köşek
Young Camel
young of camel: *kȫĺek, *botu
At
Horse
horse: *at
Kulun
Foal
foal: *kulun
Kurt
Worm
worm: *kūrt
Yılan
Snake
snake: *yï̄lan
Tilki
Fox
fox: *tilkü
Keçi
goat
goat: *keči
Teke
He-goat
he-goat: *teke
Aslan
Lion
lion: *arsïlan
Balık
Fish
fish: *bālïk
Çapak
Abramis brama
carp bream: *čapak
Eşek
Donkey
donkey: *eĺčgek
Sazan
Carp
carp: *siāŕgan
Yayın
Catfish
catfish: *yāyïn
Kunduz
Beaver
beaver: *kunduŕ
Kirpi
Hedgehog
hedgehog: *kirpi
Porsuk
Badger
badger: *borsmuk
Sinek
Fly
fly, mosquito: *siŋek
Arı
Bee
wasp, bee: *ārï
At Sineği
Gadlfy
gadfly: *bȫgen
Güve
Moth
moth: *küńe
Bit
Louse
louse: *bït
Solucan
Earthworm
earthworm: *sïbuĺgan
Yak
Yak
yak: *kotuz
Sıpa
Colt
colt: *sïp
Ejderha
Dragon
dragon: *siāŕgan
Kurtçuk
Worm
worm: *kūrt
Geyik
Deer
deer: *keyik, *sïgun, *bulan, *bugu
Kertenkele
Lizard
lizard: *keleŕ