Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kaya
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Akin to Proto-Mongolic *kada (“rock”) and Proto-Tungusic *kada(r) (“rock”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Helimski (1995) suggests a borrowing from Proto-Samoyedic *koəjə (“mountain”).
Noun
[edit]*kaya
Declension
[edit]Declension of *kaya
| Singular 3) | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | *kaya |
| Accusative | *kayag, *kayanï1) |
| Genitive | *kayanïŋ |
| Dative | *kayaka |
| Locative | *kayada |
| Ablative | *kayadan |
| Allative | *kayagaru |
| Instrumental 2) | *kayan |
| Equative 2) | *kayača |
| Similative 2) | *kayalayu |
| Comitative 2) | *kayalïgu |
1) Originally only in pronominal declension.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
Descendants
[edit]- Common Turkic: *kaya
- Oghuz:
- Karluk:
- Old Uyghur: [script needed] (qaya)
- Uzbek: qoya
- Kipchak:
- Siberian:
References
[edit]- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*K(i)aja”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- Helimski, E. 1995. "Samoyedic loans in Turkic: Check-list of etymologies." — B. Kellner-Heinkele, M. Stachowski (eds.): Laut- und Wortgeschichte der Türksprachen, pp. 75–95. Turkologica 26. Wiesbaden.