𐽷𐽹𐽶
Old Uyghur
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kēmi (“ship”). Cognate with Chuvash кимӗ (kimĕ), Turkish gemi, Uzbek kema, Kazakh кеме (keme), Tuvan хеме (xeme) and Shor кебе.
Noun
[edit]𐽷𐽹𐽶 or 𐽷𐽶𐽹𐽶 (kémi or kimi)
- (vehicles) ship, boat
- Synonym: 𐾀𐽰𐽾 (tar)
- c. late 10th century, Xuanzang Biography, Book XXX[1], HTVII: 1918-20 (1-3):
- 𐽰𐽹𐽷𐽰𐽷𐾁𐽶𐽷 𐾀𐽰𐾁𐽳𐽶 𐽺𐽳𐽺𐽷 𐽷𐽶𐽹𐽶 𐽻𐽶 𐽼𐽰𐾀𐽹𐽶𐽻𐾅 𐾈 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 𐾁𐽶 𐽷𐽶𐽻𐾅𐽶 𐾁𐽶 𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽴𐽶 𐾀𐽰𐽷𐽶𐾁𐽹𐽶𐽻𐾅 𐾈
- Emgeklig taloynuŋ kimisi batmïš, Teŋrili kišiliniŋ közi tegilmiš […]
- The ship of the sea of suffering has sunk! The wisdom of gods and men has gone out!
- c. 11th century, Story of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Papamkara, section XVII:
- 𐾀𐽰𐾁𐽶𐽹 𐽼𐽰𐾁𐽶𐽵 𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰𐽺 𐽻𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽺𐽹𐽰𐽸𐽶𐽺 𐾀𐽳𐽿𐽶𐽾 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐽲𐽺𐽶 𐽷𐽹𐽶 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰 𐽻𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽾 𐾉
- Talïm balïk odug erken saglanmatïn tušar, alkunï kémi birle siŋürür.
- While the Talymbalyq is awake, if one unexpectedly encounters it, it will swallow everyone together with the boat.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “kämi”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 105
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kemi:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 721
- Hamilton, James (2020) Korkut, Ece, Birkan, İsmet, transl., Budacı İyi Kalpli ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası - Prens Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara Hikâyesi (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “kemi”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 363