Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-kir
Proto-Turkic
editpreceding vowel | |
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A / Ï / O / U | E / I / Ö / Ü |
*-kïr | *-kir |
Etymology
editComparable to Proto-Mongolic *-kire (“suffix forming imitative verb”).
Suffix
edit*-kir
- Forms imitative verbs from onomatopoeia.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+kIr-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Poppe, Nicholas (1974) Grammar of Written Mongolian, Harrassowitz, page 67