Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tāla-

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 1

Akin to Proto-Mongolic *tala- (“to rob”), Manchu ᡨᠠᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ (talambi, “to confiscate; to lay out”).

Verb

*tāla-

to rob, plunder
to harm, slander

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: тула (tula, “to harm, slander”)
Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: talamaq
  - Ottoman Turkish: طالامق‎ (talamak)
    - Turkish: talamak (dialectal)
- Turkmen: tālamak
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (tala-)
  - Uzbek: talamoq
  - Uyghur: تالاـ‎ (tala-)
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: талау (talaw)
  - Tatar: [script needed] (tala-)
- West Kipchak:
  - Kumyk: таламакъ (talamaq)
  - Karaim: [script needed] (tala-)
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Karakalpak: [script needed] (tala-)
    - Kazakh: талау (talau)
    - Nogai: [script needed] (tala-)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: талоо (taloo)
    - Southern Altai: талаар (talaar)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic:
  - Old Uyghur: [script needed] (tala-)
    - Western Yugur: [script needed] (tala-)
- South Siberian:
  - Yenisei:
    - Khakas: [script needed] (tala-)

Etymology 2

Also reconstructed as *dāla- because there is a semantic distinction in Oghuz languages according to the beginning of the word.

Compared to Proto-Tungusic *dala- (“to lap, swill”), also Proto-Mongolic *dōlu-ğa (“to lick”).

Verb

*tāla-

to bite

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: тула (tula)
Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: dalamaq
  - Ottoman Turkish: طالامق‎ (talamak, dalamak)
    - Turkish: dalamak
    - Gagauz: dalamaa
- Turkmen: dālamak
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: талау (talaw)
  - Tatar: [script needed] (tala-)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: talamaq
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Kazakh: талау (talau)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Southern Altai: талаар (talaar, “to abuse”)