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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tümen

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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

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Proto-Turkic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *tümen
    Ordinal: *tümeninč
    Distributive: *tümener
    Collective: *tümenegü

Etymology

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Uncertain, possibly loaned from Tocharian A tmāṃ or Tocharian B tᵤmāne (ten thousand), ultimately from Middle Chinese (MC mjonH, “myriad”).

Adverb

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*tümen

  1. A countless number or multitude (of specified things), a myriad

Numeral

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*tümen

  1. myriad, ten thousand

Declension

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Declension of *tümen
singular 3)
nominative *tümen
accusative *tümenig, *tümenni1)
genitive *tümenniŋ
dative *tümenke
locative *tümente
ablative *tümenten
allative *tümengerü
instrumental 2) *tümenin
equative 2) *tümenče
similative 2) *tümenleyü
comitative 2) *tümenligü

1) Originally used only in pronominal declension.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 527
  2. ^ Sanžejev, G. D., Orlovskaja, M. N., Ševernina, Z. V. (2015–) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 187
  3. ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 19)‎[2] (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 983, page 632
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tümen”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 507-508
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tümen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 504