aksamak

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آغسامق (aġsamak, to droop and limp when walking),[1] from Proto-Turkic *agsa- (to hobble),[2] possibly from *ak- (to flow) +‎ *-sa- (suffix deriving desiderative verbs),[3][4] equivalent to ak- +‎ -sa +‎ -mak.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ak.saˈmak/
  • Hyphenation: ak‧sa‧mak

Verb

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aksamak (third-person singular simple present aksar)

  1. (intransitive) To limp, to hobble. (to walk lamely, as if favouring one leg)
    Synonym: topallamak
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) To drag, to delay.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آغسامق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 150
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*agsa-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*iak-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aksa-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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  • aksamak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu