𐱆𐰌𐰄

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tebe (“camel”). Cognate with Turkish deve (“camel”).

𐱆𐰌𐰄 (t²b²i /tebi/)

1. (Yenisei Kyrgyz) camel
   • circa 10th century, 𐰄𐰼𐰵𐰥 𐰱𐰻𐰎𐰱𐰆𐰻 (İrkin Čarïġ-čor), Del Uul Inscription I.4:^[1][2]

     𐰟𐰄𐱆𐰐𐱆𐰌𐰄𐰆𐰠𐰼𐱆𐰄𐰢

     l¹it²gt²b²iul²r²t²im

     /Alï teg[é], tebi ölirtim!/

     I killed skewbald goats [and] camels!

• Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐱆𐰌𐰄”, in TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tevey”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 447
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*debe”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill