𐰠𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-le. Cognate with Chuvash -ла (-la), Turkish -la, Kazakh -лау (-lau), Yakut -лаа (-laa). Compare also Mongolian -лах (-lax), Manchu ᠊ᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ (-lambi).

Suffix

𐰠𐰀 (-le)

1. Suffix creating a verb from a noun

   ‎𐰉 (ab, “hunt”) + ‎𐰠𐰀 (l²a) → ‎𐰉𐰞𐰀 (abla-, “to hunt”)

Derived terms

Old Turkic terms suffixed with 𐰠𐰀

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “-la-/-lä-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 109
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “-le:-/-la:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xlv