Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ūk

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Noun

*ūk

1. tent rib

Declension

Declension of *ūk

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*ūk
Accusative	*ūknï, *ūkug 4), *ūknïg 1)
Genitive	*ūknïŋ
Dative	*ūkka
Locative	*ūkda
Ablative	*ūkdan
Allative	*ūkgaru
Instrumental 2)	*ūkun
Equative 2)	*ūkča
Similative 2)	*ūklayu
Comitative 2)	*ūklugu

¹⁾ Possibly in Pre-Proto-Turkic.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
⁴⁾ Found in the Old Turkic era.

Descendants

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] (huğ)
      • Turkish: huğ
  • Turkmen: ūk (ūg-)
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: اُوغْ (ūğ)
    • Chagatai: [script needed] (uğ)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 76