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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/topïk
Proto-Turkic
Etymology
From *top (“round thing”) + *-ik (diminutive suffix).[1]
The Turkic intervocalic -p- has been changed to intervocalic hiatus in borrowings of Mongolic, to make it suitable for Mongolic phonetics[2]
Declension
Declension of *topïk (Common Turkic)
singular | plural2) | |
---|---|---|
nominative | *topïk | *topïklar |
accusative | ||
genitive | *topïknïŋ | *topïklarnïŋ |
dative | *topïkka | *topïklarka |
locative | *topïkta | *topïklarda |
ablative | *topïktan | *topïklardan |
instrumental1) | *topïklarïn | |
equative1) | *topïkča | *topïklarča |
1)The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
2)This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.
2)This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.
Descendants
- → Proto-Mongolic: *toyig
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “topuk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Clauson, Gerard (1962) Turkish and Mongolian studies, London: Royal Asiatic Society, page 219.
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*topɨk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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