Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tẹpi-

< Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic

Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tẹpi-

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

Somehow, this verb only exists in Oghuz and Oghur.

Verb

*tẹpi-

1. to dry, become dry

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: тип (tip, “dry; to stale”)
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: [Term?]
    • Azerbaijani: təpimək
    • Ottoman Turkish: [Term?]
      • Turkish: tepimek (dialect in Denizli, Kütahya, Giresun, Niğde, Muğla)[1]
  • Turkmen: tebimek[2]

References

1. Türkiye'de Halk Ağzından Derleme Sözlüğü, Ankara, Türk Dil Kurumu, 1978, cilt: 10, S-T (sa-tüzlük)
2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*tẹpi-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill