Reconstruction:Uzbek/emoq

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This Uzbek 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.
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Uzbek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *er- (“to be”).[1] Cognate with Azerbaijani *imək, Old Turkic 𐰼 (er-), Turkish *imek.

Verb[edit]

*emoq

  1. (copulative) to be

Conjugation[edit]

Defective, only exists in present perfect tense ekan (also irregular, with unvoiced -k- instead of -g-), past edi, negative indefinite future emas, and conditional esa. The present form is erur. This verb has the inferential emish, are the only verb which has the function.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*er-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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