Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tām
Proto-Turkic
Etymology
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Noun
*tām
Declension
| singular 3) | |
|---|---|
| nominative | *tām |
| accusative | *tāmïg, *tāmnï1) |
| genitive | *tāmnïŋ |
| dative | *tāmka |
| locative | *tāmda |
| ablative | *tāmdan |
| allative | *tāmgaru |
| instrumental 2) | *tāmïn |
| equative 2) | *tāmča |
| similative 2) | *tāmlayu |
| comitative 2) | *tāmlïgu |
1) Originally used only in pronominal declension.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.
Descendants
- Common Turkic:
- Oghuz:
- Karluk:
- Kipchak:
- Siberian:
- Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰢 (tam, “wall”)
- South Siberian:
- Yenisei:
- Western Yugur: [script needed] (tam, “wall”)
- Khakas: [script needed] (layer (of earth))
- Yenisei:
References
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tām”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill