Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tumagu
Proto-Turkic
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *tum (“cold”), *tuma- + *-gu. It seems that Proto-Turkic *tuma- created only to create *tumagu since the verb form is unattested.
Noun
*tumagu
Declension
| singular | plural 2) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tumagu | *tumagular |
| accusative | ||
| genitive | *tumagunïŋ | *tumagularnïŋ |
| dative | *tumaguka | *tumagularka |
| locative | *tumaguda | *tumagularda |
| ablative | *tumagudan | *tumagulardan |
| instrumental 1) | *tumagularïn | |
| equative 1) | *tumaguča | *tumagularča |
1) The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
2) This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.
2) This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.
Descendants
- Oghuz:
- Karluk:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (tumağu)
- Uzbek: tumov
- Uyghur: تۇمۇ (tumu)
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (tumağu)
- Kipchak:
- Siberian:
- Old Uyghur: [script needed] (tumağu)
- North Siberian:
- Yakut: тумуу (tumuu)
- South Siberian:
- Sayan:
- Tuvan: [script needed] (dumaa)
- Tofa: [script needed] (tumaa)
- Yenisei:
- Khakas: [script needed] (tımo)
- Sayan:
References
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dum”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill