𐱅𐰃

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tē- (to say). Cognate to Karakhanid [script needed] (tḗmēk, to say), Old Uyghur [script needed] (te-, to say), Turkish demek (to say), Turkmen diýmek (to say), Kyrgyz дөө (döö, to say), Yakut диэ (die, to say).

Verb

𐱅𐰃 (té-)

  1. (transitive) to say
Derived terms

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “ti-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 380
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “té:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 433
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dē-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-ti.

Suffix

𐱅𐰃 (-ti)

  1. Used to form adverbs from adjectives
    𐰓𐰏𐰇 (edgü, good) + ‎𐱅𐰃 (t²i) → ‎𐰓𐰏𐰇𐱅𐰃 (edgüti, very well)
Alternative forms
  • 𐱃𐰃 (-tï)
  • 𐰓𐰃 (-di)
  • 𐰑𐰃 (-dï)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “-tï/-ti”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 157
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “-tı:/-ti:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page xl