Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/eke

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

Etymology

A lallwort.

Noun

*eke

  1. elder sister

Declension

Declension of *eke
singular 3)
nominative *eke
accusative *ekeg, *ekeni1)
genitive *ekeniŋ
dative *ekeke
locative *ekede
ablative *ekeden
allative *ekegerü
instrumental 2) *eken
equative 2) *ekeče
similative 2) *ekeleyü
comitative 2) *ekeligü
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.

See also

  • *āka (elder brother)

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: акка (akka)
  • Arghu:
  • Karluk:
  • Siberian Turkic:
    • Old Turkic:

References

  1. ^ Léi, Xuǎnchūn (雷选春) (1992), “姐妺”, in 西部裕固汉词典 [Xībù Yùgù-Hàn cídiǎn], Chengdu: Sichuan Minority Publishing House, page 27

Further reading

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “[Dis. EGE] eke:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 100
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    Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 167