𐰆𐰞𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ula- (“to attach”). Cognate with Turkish ulamak.

Verb

𐰆𐰞𐰀 (ula-)

1. (transitive) to attach
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 48

     𐰽𐰃𐰣𐰸𐰃𐰭𐰃𐰣:𐰾𐰯𐰼:𐰢𐰤:𐰇𐰔𐰇𐰜𐰃𐰭𐰃𐰤:𐰆𐰞𐰀𐰖𐰆𐰺:𐰢𐰤

     sïnuqïŋïn:sapar:men:üzükiŋin:ulayur:men

     I fix your broken parts (and) I join together your torn things.

Derived terms

• 𐰆𐰞𐰖𐰆 (ulayu, “and”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “ula-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 66
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ula:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 126
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ula-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill