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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yuŋ

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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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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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Compared to Proto-Mongolic *nuŋ-gasun (wool),[1] Proto-Tungusic *nuŋ-ari (wool, down).[2]

Noun

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*yuŋ

  1. wool

Declension

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Declension of *yuŋ
singular 3)
nominative *yuŋ
accusative *yuŋug, *yuŋnï1)
genitive *yuŋnuŋ
dative *yuŋka
locative *yuŋda
ablative *yuŋdan
allative *yuŋgaru
instrumental 2) *yuŋun
equative 2) *yuŋča
similative 2) *yuŋlayu
comitative 2) *yuŋlugu

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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  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: ҫӑм (śăm)

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (2002) Studies in Turkic and Mongolic Linguistics, 2nd edition, London: RoutledgeCurzon, →ISBN, page 235
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*juŋ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. ^ al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume III, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, pages 3, 404 No per item for yuŋ. Length in sentence can be different.