𐱅𐰃

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tē- (“to say”). Cognate to Karakhanid [script needed] (tḗmēk, “to say”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (te-, “to say”), Turkish demek (“to say”), Turkmen diýmek (“to say”), Kyrgyz дөө (döö, “to say”), Yakut диэ (die, “to say”).

Verb

𐱅𐰃 (té-)

1. (transitive) to say
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 44

     𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰣:𐰴𐰆𐰽:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰓𐰤:𐰴𐰆𐰑𐰃:𐱃𐰉𐰽𐰍𐰣:𐱅𐰃𐰯𐰤:𐰴𐰯𐰢𐰃𐰾

     tuɣan:quš:teŋriden:qodï:tabïšɣan:tépen:qapmïš

     A hawk, saying (to itself) 'Here is a hare!', (flew) down from the sky (and tried to) catch it.

Derived terms

• 𐱅𐰃𐰯 (tép)
• 𐱅𐰃𐰘𐰤 (téyin)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ti-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 380
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “ti-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 64
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “té:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 433
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dē-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-ti.

Suffix

𐱅𐰃 (-ti)

1. Used to form adverbs from adjectives

   ‎𐰓𐰏𐰇 (edgü, “good”) + ‎𐱅𐰃 (t²i) → ‎𐰓𐰏𐰇𐱅𐰃 (edgüti, “very well”)

Alternative forms

• 𐱃𐰃 (-tï)
• 𐰓𐰃 (-di)
• 𐰑𐰃 (-dï)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “-tï/-ti”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 157
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “-tı:/-ti:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xl