𐰆𐰣𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *una- (“to approve”). Cognate with Turkish onamak.

Verb

𐰆𐰣𐰀 (una-)

1. (transitive) to approve, agree with
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 38

     𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐰆𐰣𐰀𐰢𐰑𐰸

     teŋri:unamaduq

     Heaven was not pleased with it.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “unāma-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 391
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “una-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 66
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “una-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 171
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*una-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill