Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tur-
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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
Verb
*tur-
- (intransitive) to stand
Usage notes
In some way this verb turned into an auxiliary verb in both noun and verb sentences.
Denotes present tense:
- *Bū kēče yagmur yaga turur.
- It is raining tonight.
Denotes "to be" when used after nouns:
- *Bū kiši beniŋ ākamtur.
- This person is my elder brother.
Descendants
- Oghur:
- Chuvash: тӑр (tăr)
- Common Turkic:
References
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 529-530
- Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 500
- Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Nauka, pages 296-301
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tur-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill