𐰽𐰖𐰆

Old Turkic

Etymology

From 𐰽𐰀 (sa-, “to count, think, consider”) +‎ 𐰖𐰆 (-yu), inherited from Proto-Turkic *sā- (“to count, consider, think”).

Postposition

𐰽𐰖𐰆 (sayu)

1. every, all
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S9

     𐰦𐰀:𐰴𐰞𐰢𐱁𐰃:𐰘𐰃𐰼:𐰽𐰖𐰆:𐰸𐰆𐰯:𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰆:𐰇𐰠𐰇:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰖𐰆𐰺:𐰼𐱅𐰏

     anta:qalmïšï:yér:sayu:qop:toru:ölü:yorïyur:ertig

     (Of you), those who survived there, utterly exhausted, were marching in every direction.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “sayu”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 367
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sayu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 858