Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sïba-

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

Akin to Proto-Mongolic *siba- (“to smear (with clay))”), Proto-Tungusic *siba- (“to smear (with clay))”).

Verb

*sïba-

(Common Turkic) to smear

Descendants

→? Proto-Mongolic: *siba-
→? Proto-Tungusic: *siba-
Arghu:
- Khalaj: [script needed] (sıva-)
Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish: [Term?]
  - Azerbaijani: suvamaq
  - Ottoman Turkish: [Term?]
    - Turkish: sıvamak
    - Gagauz: suvamaa
- Turkmen: suwamak
- Salar: suva
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (suva-)
  - Uzbek: suwamoq
  - Uyghur: [script needed] (suwamaq)

References

Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*sɨba-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill