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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-k

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
*-uk *-ük

Suffix

*-k

  1. Used to form intransitive-passive nouns.
    ‎*uŕa- (“to be taller; to be longer”) + ‎*-k → ‎*uŕak (“far; long (time), late”)

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-k

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+Uk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 152
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xliv
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