tepmek

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tep-.

• Hyphenation: tep‧mek

tepmek

1. to kick

• “tepmek”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

From Ottoman Turkish تپمك (tepmek, “to kick, dance”), دپمك (depmek), from Old Anatolian Turkish دپمك (depmek), from Proto-Turkic *tep-. Related to Old Turkic (tep-, “to hit, kick”).

• IPA^(key): /tepˈmek/, (Anatolia) /depˈmek/
• Hyphenation: tep‧mek

tepmek (third-person singular simple present teper)

1. (transitive) to kick, especially for an animal
2. (transitive) to tread on, trample (something)
3. (transitive) to decline, turn down, reject (something); to throw away (an opportunity, a chance)
4. (intransitive) (for a gun) to kick, recoil.
5. (intransitive) to reappear
6. (transitive, Sivas) to beat

   Synonym: dövmek

7. (transitive, Manisa, Bolu, Samsun, Giresun, Gaziantep, Erzincan, Muğla) to tuck something into a hole
8. (transitive, Zonguldak, Yozgat) to trample

   Synonym: çiğnemek

9. (transitive, Diyarbakır, Elazığ) to hide

   Synonyms: saklamak, gizlemek

10. (Ordu, Sakarya, Zonguldak) (for a cow) to not give milk
11. (transitive, Sivas) to clean off feather or hair by beating them
12. (transitive, Van) to dig

• “tepmek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “tepmek”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• “tepmek”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
• Parlatır, İsmail et al. (1998) “tepmek”, in Türkçe Sözlük, 9th edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu