𐰠𐰏𐰇

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-ligü (“comitative case”), possibly related to 𐰠𐰏 (-lig). Compare also Proto-Mongolic *-luxa (“comitative case”).

Suffix

𐰠𐰏𐰇 (-ligü, -lügü)

1. Forms the comitative case

   ‎𐰃𐰤𐰃 (ini, “younger brother”) + ‎𐰠𐰏𐰇 (l²gü) → ‎𐰃𐰤𐰠𐰏𐰇 (iniligü, “with (my) younger brother”)

Alternative forms

• 𐰞𐰍𐰆 (-lïɣu, -luɣu)

Related terms

• 𐰏 (-g, “accusative case”)
• 𐰤𐰭 (-niŋ, “genitive case”)
• 𐰚𐰀 (-ke, “dative-locative case”)
• 𐰓𐰀 (-de, “locative-ablative case”)
• 𐰓𐰤 (-din, “ablative case”)
• 𐰏𐰼𐰇 (-gerü, “allative case”)
• 𐰲𐰀 (-če, “equative case”)
• 𐰤 (-in, “instrumental case”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 137
• Erdal, Marcel (2004) “+lXgU”, in A Grammar of Old Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies; 3), Brill Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 180