Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/āgu
Proto-Turkic
Etymology
Perhaps related to Proto-Tungusic *gū (“poison”), compare Nanai гу (gu, “poison”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
*āgu
Declension
singular | plural 2) | |
---|---|---|
nominative | *āgu | *āgular |
accusative | ||
genitive | *āgunïŋ | *āgularnïŋ |
dative | *āguka | *āgularka |
locative | *āguda | *āgularda |
ablative | *āgudan | *āgulardan |
instrumental 1) | *āgularïn | |
equative 1) | *āguča | *āgularča |
1) The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
2) This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.
2) This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.
Descendants
- Oghuz:
- Karluk:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (ağı)
- Chagatai:
- Uzbek: [script needed] (ɔɣu)
- Uyghur: ئوغا (ogha), (obsolete) ئاغۇ (aghu)
- Chagatai:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (ağı)
- Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
- West Kipchak:
- Crimean Tatar: [script needed] (aɣu)
- Karachay-Balkar: уу (uu)
- Karaim: [script needed] (aɣu)
- ⇒ Kumyk: агъувлу (ağuwlu)
- South Kipchak:
- Siberian:
References
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill