tʾprʾ
Old Uyghur
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Turkic *tepre- (“to move, shake”).[1] Cognate with Turkish depremek.
Verb
edittʾprʾ (tepre-)
- (transitive) to move, shake
- 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, LXXX.5:
- ʾwtrw tyntwrxʾly sʾqynty .. ʾyncyp ʾʾvyncxʾ ʾʾrwqy yytty kwycy ʾʾlnkwdy tʾprʾyw ywryyw ʾwmʾdy
- ötrü tïnturɣalï saqïntï .. ïnčïp avïnčɣa aruqï yétti küči alŋudï tepreyü yorïyu umadï
- Then he, (the prince) thought of letting (the old man) respire, because the old man's fatigue had fallen upon him, his strength was running out, he could not move, he could not walk.
References
edit- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tepre:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 443
- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 230
- Hamilton, James (2020) “tepre-”, in Korkut, Ece, Birkan, İsmet, transl., Budacı İyi Kalpli ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası - Prens Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara Hikâyesi (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN, page 181