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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/burgu
Proto-Turkic
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bur- (“to bend”) + *-gu. Compared to Proto-Mongolic *bürijen (“trumpet, trumpet horn”).
Noun
*burgu
- trumpet
- pipe (of a plant)
- horn
Declension
Declension of *burgu
Singular 3) | |
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Nominative | *burgu |
Accusative | *burgunu, *burgunug 1) |
Genitive | *burgunuŋ |
Dative | *burguka |
Locative | *burguda |
Ablative | *burgudan |
Instrumental 2) | *burgun |
1) Found in early Proto-Turkic.
2) The original instrumental case has fallen into disuse in many 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 case has fallen into disuse in many 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: пӑрӑх (părăh)
- Common Turkic:
- Oghuz:
- West Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish: [Term?]
- Azerbaijani: boru
- Ottoman Turkish: [Term?]
- Turkish: boru
- Old Anatolian Turkish: [Term?]
- West Oghuz:
- Karluk:
- Uzbek: moʻri, burgʻu
- Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
- Bashkir: борғо (borğo)
- North Kipchak:
- Siberian:
- North Siberian:
- Sayan:
- Tuvan: мурғу (murғu, “pipe made of a plant stem”)
- Yenisei:
- Khakas: пырғы (pırğı, “hunting horn”)
- Sayan:
- North Siberian:
References
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*burgu”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 361