< Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic
Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ū
Proto-Turkic
Etymology
Perhaps related to Proto-Tungusic *ŋua- (“to sleep”), *ā- (“to sleep”), Proto-Mongolic *nojir (“sleep”), Proto-Japonic *úi- (“sleep, to sleep”)
Noun
*ū
- sleep
Declension
Declension of *ū
Singular 3) | |
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Nominative | *ū |
Accusative | *ūnu, *ūnug 1) |
Genitive | *ūnuŋ |
Dative | *ūka |
Locative | *ūda |
Ablative | *ūdan |
Instrumental 2) | *ūn |
Equative 2) | *ūča |
1) Found in early Proto-Turkic.
2) The original instrumental and equative cases have 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 and equative cases have 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.
Derived terms
- *ū-dï- (“to sleep”)
Descendants
- Medieval:
- Karakhanid: اُو (ū)
- Old Turkic:
- Old Turkic: 𐰆 (u)
- Old Uyghur: ՚ww (u)
- Siberian
- Dolgan: уу (uu)
- Yakut: уу (uu)
References
- Clauson, Gerard (1972), “u:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ū-dɨ-, *ū-dɨ-k-la-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill