Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tabïĺgan
Proto-Turkic
editEtymology
editFrom *tabïĺ- (“to run”) + *-gan. Akin to Proto-Mongolic *taxulai (“rabbit”) and Khitan 匋裏 (taul, “rabbit”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
edit*tabïĺgan
Declension
editDeclension of *tabïĺgan
Singular 3) | |
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Nominative | *tabïĺgan |
Accusative | *tabïĺganïg, *tabïĺgannï1) |
Genitive | *tabïĺgannïŋ |
Dative | *tabïĺganka |
Locative | *tabïĺganta |
Ablative | *tabïĺgantan |
Allative | *tabïĺgangaru |
Instrumental 2) | *tabïĺganïn |
Equative 2) | *tabïĺganča |
Similative 2) | *tabïĺganlayu |
Comitative 2) | *tabïĺganlïgu |
1) Originally only in pronominal declension.
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.
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.
Descendants
edit- Karakhanid: تَڤِشْغانْ (tavïšɣān)
- Arghu:
- Khalaj: tavuşğân
- Oghuz:
- Karluk:
- Siberian:
- ?→ Khitan: 匋裏 (taul)
Further reading
edit- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tavışğa:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 447
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tabɨĺgan”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill