Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tōtak

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

Noun

*tōtak

1. (Oghuz Turkic) lip

   Synonym: *erin

Declension

Declension of *tōtak

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*tōtak
Accusative	*tōtakïg, *tōtaknï1)
Genitive	*tōtaknïŋ
Dative	*tōtakka
Locative	*tōtakda
Ablative	*tōtakdan
Allative	*tōtakgaru
Instrumental 2)	*tōtakïn
Equative 2)	*tōtakča
Similative 2)	*tōtaklayu
Comitative 2)	*tōtaklïgu

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.

Descendants

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: طوداق (tudak)
    • Ajem Turkic:
      • Azerbaijani: dodaq
      • Qashqai: دوداق (dudaq)
      • → Khalaj: dudaq
    • Ottoman Turkish: طوداق (dudak), دوداق (dudak)
      • Gagauz: dudak
      • Turkish: dudak
      • → Armenian: տուտախ (tutax)
      • → Ladino: dudak
    • → Cuman: toodac
      • Crimean Tatar: dudaq
      • Krymchak: dudaq
      • Urum: дудах
      • → Bashkir: дудаҡ (dudaq)
      • →? Chuvash: тута (tut̬a)
    • →? Chagatai: [script needed] (dudaq)
      • Uzbek: dudoq
      • Uyghur: [script needed] (dudaq, “pussy, vagina”)
  • Salar: dodaq
  • Turkmen: dōdak

References

• From Turkic Lexicon.[2]
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dōtak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill