Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ū

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

Etymology

Perhaps related to Proto-Tungusic *ŋua- (“to sleep”), *ā- (“to sleep”), Proto-Mongolic *nojir (“sleep”), Proto-Japonic *úi- (“sleep, to sleep”) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*ū

1. sleep

Declension

Declension of *ū

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*ū
Accusative	*ūnï, *ūg 4), *ūnïg 1)
Genitive	*ūnïŋ
Dative	*ūka
Locative	*ūda
Ablative	*ūdan
Allative	*ūgaru
Instrumental 2)	*ūn
Equative 2)	*ūča
Similative 2)	*ūlayu
Comitative 2)	*ūlugu

¹⁾ Possibly in Pre-Proto-Turkic.
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.
⁴⁾ Found in the Old Turkic era.

Derived terms

• *ū-dï- (“to sleep”)

Descendants

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: û
• Medieval:
  • Karakhanid: اُو (ū)
  • Old Turkic:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰆 (u)
    • Old Uyghur: ՚ww (u)
• Siberian
  • Dolgan: уу (uu)
  • Yakut: уу (uu)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “u:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ū-dɨ-, *ū-dɨ-k-la-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill