𐽹𐽶𐽶

Old Uyghur

Orthographic variants
Uyghur script 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐽶 (myyy /⁠meyi⁠/)
𐽹𐽶𐽶𐽻 (myys /⁠miyis⁠/)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bẹńi.

Noun

𐽹𐽶𐽶 (myy /meyi, miyi, mii/)

  1. (anatomy, rare) brain
    Synonym: 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽲 (ʾwlwq /⁠oluḳ⁠/)

Declension

Declension of 𐽹𐽶𐽶
singular definite plural
nominative 𐽹𐽶𐽶 (myy) 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾 (myylʾr)
genitive 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (myynynk) 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (myylʾrnynk)
dative 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐽷𐽰 (myykʾ) 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰 (myylʾrkʾ)
accusative 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐽷 (myyk), 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐽺𐽶 (myyny) 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽷 (myylʾryk), 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (myylʾrny)
locative 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐽸𐽰 (myydʾ) 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽰 (myylʾrdʾ)
ablative 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐽸𐽶𐽺 (myydyn) 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽶𐽺 (myylʾrdyn)
instrumental 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐽺 (myyn) 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (myylʾryn)
equative 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐽽𐽰 (myycʾ)
directive 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐽷𐽰𐽾𐽳 (myykʾrw), 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐽾𐽰 (myyrʾ)
similative 𐽹𐽶𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (myylʾyw)

Descendants

  • Western Yugur: muŋa (brain)

References

  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “miyi”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 131
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “*béñi:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 348-349
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    Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 340
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “meyi ~ m(e)yi”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 474