𐰴𐰆𐰢𐰆𐰺𐰽𐰍𐰀

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Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kumursga.

Attested only in Ïrḳ Bitig.

Noun

𐰴𐰆𐰢𐰆𐰺𐰽𐰍𐰀 (qumur¹s¹ǧa /ḳumursġa/)

  1. (entomology, hapax legomenon) ant
    Synonym: 𐽽𐽶𐽹𐽰𐾁𐽶 (cymʾly /⁠čimeli⁠/)
    • c. 930 CE, anonymous, Ïrḳ Bitig Ïrḳ 37 (33.l01-07):
      𐰇𐰚𐰇𐰔𐰇𐰏⸱
      𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰤⸱𐰋𐰃
      𐰲𐰀⸱𐰴𐰆𐰢𐰆
      𐰺𐰽𐰍𐰀
      ⸱𐰘𐰃
      𐰢𐰃𐰾⸱𐰴𐰢𐰽
      𐰖𐰆⸱𐰆𐰢𐰀𐱃𐰃
      𐰣⸱𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰺⸱
      üküzüg⸱
      b²il²in²⸱b²i
      ča⸱qumu
      r¹s¹ǧa
      ⸱y²i
      mis²⸱qms¹
      y¹u⸱umat¹i
      n¹⸱t¹ur¹ur¹⸱
      / öküzüg bélin biče ḳumursġa yémiš. Ḳamšayu umatïn turur./
      An ox was being eaten by ants gnawing around its belly. It stands, without being able to move.

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kumursğa:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 628
  • Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), “QUMURSΓA”, in Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 466
  • Tekin, Mehmet Talât (2004) Irk Bitig: Book of Omens (Turcologica; 18), →ISBN, pages 18-19
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “kumursga (r)”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 423