Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bẹ

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

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Etymology

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Usually compared to Proto-Mongolic *bi (I) and Proto-Tungusic *bi (I).

The Common Turkic form *ben is a result of back formation from the oblique stem *bẹn- with the pronominal-n.[1]

Pronoun

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*bẹ

  1. I

Declension

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Postposition

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*bẹ

  1. Denotes "to be" for first person singular when at the end of an object; am
  2. Denotes first person singular after various tenses
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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: эпӗ (ep̬ĕ)
  • Common Turkic: *ben

References

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  1. ^ Róna-Tas, András (1999) "CHUVASH AND HISTORICAL MORPHOLOGY", in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 52, pages 1-15.
  2. ^ Straughn, Christopher A. (2023) “Sonqori: mä”, in Turkic database at Elegant Lexicon[1]