Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kepelek

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.

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.

*kepelek

1. (Common Turkic) butterfly

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

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi (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 (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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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Eren, Hasan (1999) “Proto-Turkic/kepelek”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü (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: (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 187

Animals in Turkic
	dog: *ï̄t		hunting dog: *eker		hen: *tiakïgu
	lark: *torgay		dove, pigeon: *kȫkerčin		quail: *bïldurčïn
	sparrow: *serče		hawk, falcon: *kïrguy		goose: *kāŕ
	wolf: *bȫrü		cow: *ingek		calf: *buŕagu
	camel: *tebe		young of camel: *kȫĺek, *botu		horse: *at
	foal: *kulun		worm: *kūrt		snake: *yï̄lan
	fox: *tilkü		goat: *keči		he-goat: *teke
	lion: *arsïlan		fish: *bālïk		carp bream: *čapak
	donkey: *eĺčgek		carp: *siāŕgan		catfish: *yāyïn
	beaver: *kunduŕ		hedgehog: *kirpi		badger: *borsmuk
	fly, mosquito: *siŋek		wasp, bee: *ārï		gadfly: *bȫgen
	moth: *küńe		louse: *bït		earthworm: *sïbuĺgan
	yak: *kotuz		colt: *sïp		dragon: *siāŕgan
	worm: *kūrt		deer: *keyik, *sïgun, *bulan, *bugu		lizard: *keleŕ