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Azerbaijani
Etymology
According to Dybo, a derivation from Proto-Turkic *yüg-, hence Azerbaijani yüksək and other related forms. Compare Turkish yüce and dialectal yüvcek, yüğcek, üğücek.
According to Sevortyan, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ūč (“edge”), hence, related to Azerbaijani uc (“tip, point, cusp”) and unrelated to Azerbaijani yüksək.
Some consider both the Turkish uca (“coccyx”) and Azerbaijani uca (“high”) to be derived from Common Turkic *ūča. The semantic developments that led to the emergence of both these senses could have been along the lines of 1) 'edge' -> 'top of a tree' -> 'high'; 2) 'edge' -> 'edge of the body' -> 'rump; back; loins, buttocks'. Sevortyan, however, conseders these two forms unrelated.
Compare Kipchak یوجا (yuca); Old Anatolian Turkish (yüce); Old Turkic (uča, “coccyx”).
None of the forms above are thought to be related to uçmaq (“to fly”), despite a certain semantic link.
Pronunciation
Adjective
uca (comparative daha uca, superlative ən uca)
- high
- Synonyms: hündür, yüksək
- tall
- Synonym: uzun
- loud
- Synonym: bərk
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kadgu”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 611
- ^ Tekin, Talat (1994) “Türk Dillerinde Önseste y- Türemesi [The origin of word-initial y- in Turkic languages]”, in Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları, volume 4, Ankara, page 58 of 51-66
- ^ Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 567
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Central Pacific *quca, from Proto-Oceanic *qusan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN.
Noun
uca
- rain (condensed water from a cloud)
Khalaj
Etymology
Borrowed from Azerbaijani uca.
Pronunciation
Adjective
uca (comparative ucatar)
- high, tall
References
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
Zazaki
Pronoun
uca
- there
See also