Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ok
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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
The stem *uk (“kin, tribe”) (also written uq-, oq-) has often been connected with oq "arrow".[1]
Noun
*ok
Declension
Declension of *ok
| Singular 3) | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | *ok |
| Accusative | *okug, *oknï1) |
| Genitive | *oknuŋ |
| Dative | *okka |
| Locative | *okda |
| Ablative | *okdan |
| Allative | *okgaru |
| Instrumental 2) | *okun |
| Equative 2) | *okča |
| Similative 2) | *oklayu |
| Comitative 2) | *oklugu |
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.
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.
Descendants
- Oghur:
- Chuvash: ухӑ (uh̬ă)
- Common Turkic:
- Oghuz:
- Karluk:
- Kypchak:
- Siberian:
References
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*uk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, citing VEWT 511, ЭСТЯ 1, 582-583, Егоров 76. Starostin thought the connection with "arrow" was made "erroneously".
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Coordinate terms
- *yā(y) (“bow”)