ʾʾlty

Old Uyghur

Old Uyghur cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ʾʾlty (altï)     Ordinal : ʾʾltync (altïnč)     Distributive : ʾʾltyrʾr (altïrar)     Collective : ʾʾltykw (altïgu)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *altï (“six”). Cognate with Chuvash улттӑ (ulttă), Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰃 (altï), Turkish altı and Yakut алта (alta).

Numeral

ʾʾlty (altï)

1. six
   • 1687, Altun Yaruk Manuscript, Book 1 (Golden Light Sutra in Old Uyghur)‎^[1], AY.B01.07.v12 (V138):

     [***] ʾwyc ʾsʾnky ʾʾlty pʾrʾmyt [***]

     ^??? ...üč asanke altï paramit... ^???

     ^??? ...three Asaṃkhyeya [years] [and] the six Pāramitās... ^???

   • 1687, Altun Yaruk Manuscript, Book 1 (Golden Light Sutra in Old Uyghur)‎^[2], AY.B01.10.r24 (0102):

     [***] ʾʾlty ywldʾq̈y tynlqlʾr^[nynk?] [***]

     Altï yoldaqï tınlïqar^nïŋ?... ^???

     Of creatures^? [of all assortments] on the six-fold path... ^???

Descendants

• Western Yugur: aʰltï