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Reconstruction:Uzbek/emoq

This Uzbek 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.

Uzbek

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *er- (“to be”).[1] Cognate with Azerbaijani *imək, Old Turkic 𐰼 (er-), Turkish *imek.

Verb

*emoq

  1. (copulative) to be

Conjugation

Defective, only exists in present perfect tense ekan (also irregular, with unvoiced -k- instead of -g-), past edi, negative indefinite future emas, and conditional esa. The present form is erur. This verb has the inferential emish, are the only verb which has the function.

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*er-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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