Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-a

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

preceding vowel
A / Ï / O / U	E / I / Ö / Ü
*-a	*-e

Suffix

*-a

1. Forms denominal verbs

   ‎*bediz (“decoration”) + ‎*-a → ‎*bedze- (“to decorate, adorn”)

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-a

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xlv
• Erdal, Marcel (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation‎^[1], Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 418
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+(g)A-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Tekin, Talât (1968) A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 108