𐽷𐽹𐽶
Old Uyghur
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kẹ̄mi (“ship”). Cognate with Chuvash кимӗ (kimĕ), Turkish gemi, Uzbek kema, Kazakh кеме (keme), Tuvan хеме (xeme) and Shor кебе.
Noun
[edit]𐽷𐽹𐽶 (kmy /kémi/)
- (vehicles) ship, boat
- Synonym: 𐾀𐽰𐽾 (tar)
- 1687, Bilge Taluy Šašï (𐽼𐽶𐾁𐽷𐽰 𐾀𐽰𐾁𐽳𐽶 𐽿𐽰𐽿𐽶), Altun Yaruk Süü bitigi [Foreword and addenda], page 7[1], AY.B16.01.r01 - AY.B16.01.r05[2]:
- 𐾀𐾇𐽼𐽳𐽶𐽰𐽺 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽲𐾄𐽶𐾁 𐽲𐾄𐽶𐾁[𐽶𐽺]𐽽 𐽲𐾄𐽶𐾁
𐽰𐾀𐽶𐽲 𐽶𐽲 𐽰𐽶𐾀𐽰𐽾𐽹𐽰𐾇𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽴 𐾁
𐾁𐽳𐽾𐽹𐽰𐾇𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽶𐽲 𐽲𐾄𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽽 𐽲𐾄𐽶𐾁𐽹
𐽲𐾄𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽽 𐾁𐽶𐽲 𐽷𐽶𐽹𐽶 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽼𐽾𐽳𐽷 𐽰𐽶𐾀
𐾀𐽲𐾄𐽶𐾁 𐾀𐽶𐽼 𐽹𐽳𐽺𐽽[𐽳𐾁𐽰𐽶]𐽳 𐾀𐽳𐾀𐽳𐽴𐽳𐽼- / […] ta, Buyan edgü ḳïl[ïn]č ḳï[lïp ...]
[t]atïġïġ éḍerme, özl[ügüg]
[ö]lürme, ayïġ ḳïlïnč ḳïlm[a ...]
ḳïlïnčlïġ kimi köprüg eṭ[gil]
[yara]tḳïl tép munč[ulayu] tutuzup […] / - […] "O Puṇya! Do good deeds!
Do not follow the sweet things, do not kill
living things! Do not do evil deeds!
Do build and [create] a ship [and] a bridge out of [venerable] deeds!"
He said, holding [me] like this […]
- / […] ta, Buyan edgü ḳïl[ïn]č ḳï[lïp ...]
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Declension
[edit]| singular | definite plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | 𐽷𐽹𐽶 (kmy) | 𐽷𐽹𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾 (kmylʾr) |
| genitive | 𐽷𐽹𐽶𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (kmynynk) | 𐽷𐽹𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (kmylʾrnynk) |
| dative | 𐽷𐽹𐽶𐽷𐽰 (kmykʾ) | 𐽷𐽹𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰 (kmylʾrkʾ) |
| accusative | 𐽷𐽹𐽶𐽲 (kmyq) 𐽷𐽹𐽶𐽺𐽶 (kmyny) |
𐽷𐽹𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (kmylʾryq) 𐽷𐽹𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (kmylʾrny) |
| locative | 𐽷𐽹𐽶𐾀𐽰 (kmytʾ) | 𐽷𐽹𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (kmylʾrtʾ) |
| ablative | 𐽷𐽹𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽺 (kmytyn) | 𐽷𐽹𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (kmylʾrtyn) |
| instrumental | 𐽷𐽹𐽶𐽺 (kmyn) | 𐽷𐽹𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (kmylʾryn) |
| equative | 𐽷𐽹𐽶𐽽𐽰 (kmycʾ) | |
| directive | 𐽷𐽹𐽶𐽷𐽰𐽾𐽳 (kmykʾrw) | |
| similative | 𐽷𐽹𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (kmylʾyw) |
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