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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/k(i)aya

 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 edit

Etymology edit

Akin to Proto-Mongolic *kada (“rock”) and Proto-Tungusic *kada(r) (“rock”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Helimski (1995) suggests a borrowing from Proto-Samoyedic *koəjə (“mountain”).

Noun edit

*k(i)aya

  1. rock
  2. mountain

Declension edit

Declension of *k(i)aya
Singular 3)
Nominative *k(i)aya
Accusative *k(i)ayanï, *k(i)ayag 4), *k(i)ayanïg 1)
Genitive *k(i)ayanïŋ
Dative *k(i)ayaka
Locative *k(i)ayada
Ablative *k(i)ayadan
Allative *k(i)ayagaru
Instrumental 2) *k(i)ayan
Equative 2) *k(i)ayača
Similative 2) *k(i)ayalayu
Comitative 2) *k(i)ayalïgu
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 edit

  • Common Turkic: *kaya
  • Oghuz:
  • Karluk:
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (qaya)
    • Uzbek: qoya
  • Kipchak:
  • Siberian:

References edit

  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*K(i)aja”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Helimski, E. 1995. "Samoyedic loans in Turkic: Check-list of etymologies." — B. Kellner-Heinkele, M. Stachowski (eds.): Laut- und Wortgeschichte der Türksprachen, pp. 75–95. Turkologica 26. Wiesbaden.
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