Old Turkic

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Etymology

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From 𐰽𐰀 (sa-, to count, think, consider) +‎ 𐰖𐰆 (-yu), inherited from Proto-Turkic *sā- (to count, consider, think).

Postposition

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𐰽𐰖𐰆 (sayu)

  1. every, all
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S9
      𐰦𐰀:𐰴𐰞𐰢𐱁𐰃:𐰘𐰃𐰼:𐰽𐰖𐰆:𐰸𐰆𐰯:𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰆:𐰇𐰠𐰇:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰖𐰆𐰺:𐰼𐱅𐰏
      anta:qalmïšï:yér:sayu:qop:toru:ölü:yorïyur:ertig
      (Of you), those who survived there, utterly exhausted, were marching in every direction.

References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “sayu”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 367
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sayu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 858