𐰆𐰖

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ōy- (“to hollow, to peck”). Cognate with Turkish oymak, Uzbek oʻymoq, Bashkir уйыу (uyıw).

Verb

𐰆𐰖 (oy-)

1. (transitive) to hollow
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 29

     𐰆𐰽:𐰃𐰲:𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰀𐰞𐰃:𐰉𐰺𐰢𐰃𐰾

     oš:ič:oyɣalï:barmïš

     ...went to hollow out internal organs and intestines (of slaughtered animals).

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “oy-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 61
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “o:y-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 266
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ōj-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill