كمی

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kẹ̄mi (boat); cognate with Chuvash кимӗ (kimĕ), Kazakh кеме (keme), Kyrgyz кеме (keme), Shor кебе, Turkmen gämi, Tuvan хеме (xeme), Uyghur كېمە (këme) and Uzbek kema.

Noun

كمی • (gemi) (definite accusative كمیى (gemiyi), plural كمیلر (gemiler))

  1. ship, a water-borne vessel larger than a boat
    Synonym: جنك (cöng)
Derived terms
  • كمی اری (gemi eri, master sailor)
  • كمیچی (gemiçi, sailor)
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: gəmi
  • Gagauz: gemi
  • Ottoman Turkish: كمی (gemi) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 278
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gemi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, كم (kim, who) +‎ ـی (-i)

Alternative forms

  • كیمی (kimi)

Determiner

كمی • (kimi)

  1. some
    Synonym: بعض (beʼẓi)

Pronoun

كمی • (kimi)

  1. some
Derived terms
  • كمی كم (kimi kim, every single)
Descendants

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “kimi”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 445
  • “kimi”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

كمی • (kimi)

  1. accusative of كم (kim, who)

Etymology 4

Noun

كمی • (gemi)

  1. inflection of كم (gem, bit):
    1. definite accusative
    2. third-person singular possessive

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Postposition

كمی • (kimi)

  1. alternative form of كبی (gibi, like)

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “kimi”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 445

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish كمی (gemi), from Proto-Turkic *kẹ̄mi (boat); cognate with Azerbaijani gəmi, Chuvash кимӗ (kimĕ), Kazakh кеме (keme), Kyrgyz кеме (keme), Shor кебе, Turkmen gämi, Tuvan хеме (xeme), Uyghur كېمە (këme) and Uzbek kema.

Noun

گمی • (gemi)

  1. ship, a water-borne vessel larger than a boat
    Synonyms: سفینه (sefine), فلك (fulk), كشتی (keşti)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: gemi
  • Armenian: կեմի (kemi), գյա̈մի (gyämi)
  • Aromanian: ghimii, ghemii, ghimie, ghemie
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܵܡܝܼ (gāmī) (or from Azerbaijani)
  • Central Kurdish: گەمێ (gemê), گەمیە (gemye) (or from Azerbaijani)
  • Georgian: გემი (gemi)
    • Armenian: գեմի (gemi) (Tbilisi)
  • Laz: ჯემი (cemi)
  • Macedonian: гемија (gemija)
  • Mingrelian: გემი (gemi)
  • Romanian: ghimie

Further reading