Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/arka
Proto-Turkic
editAlternative reconstructions
editEtymology
editAkin to Proto-Mongolic *aru (“back, behind, North”), Proto-Tungusic *arkan (“back”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Compared to Proto-Turkic *ār-t (“back, behind”).
Noun
edit*arka
Declension
editsingular 3) | |
---|---|
nominative | *arka |
accusative | *arkag, *arkanï1) |
genitive | *arkanïŋ |
dative | *arkaka |
locative | *arkada |
ablative | *arkadan |
allative | *arkagaru |
instrumental 2) | *arkan |
equative 2) | *arkača |
similative 2) | *arkalayu |
comitative 2) | *arkalïgu |
1) Originally used only in pronominal declension.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.
Descendants
edit- Oghur:
- ⇒ Chuvash: урхалӑх (urh̬alăh)
- Common Turkic: *arka
References
edit- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ărka”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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