Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/čümeli

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Etymology

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Noun

*čümeli

  1. ant
    Synonyms: *karïnčga, *kumursga

Declension

Declension of *čümeli
singular 3)
nominative *čümeli
accusative *čümelig, *čümelini1)
genitive *čümeliniŋ
dative *čümelike
locative *čümelide
ablative *čümeliden
allative *čümeligerü
instrumental 2) *čümelin
equative 2) *čümeliče
similative 2) *čümelileyü
comitative 2) *čümeliligü
1) Originally used only in pronominal declension.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

  • Karluk:
    • Chigil: جُمالىٖ (çümeli)
      • Uyghur: چۈمۈلە (chümüle)
      • Uzbek: chumoli
  • Kipchak: [script needed] (čümeli)
    • North Kipchak:
      • Tatar: [script needed] (čümöldü)
    • Kipchak-Nogai:
      • Kazakh: шымал (şymal, gnats, midgets, small flies or ants)
    • South Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • Old Uyghur: 𐽽𐽶𐽹𐽰𐾁𐽶 (čimeli)
    • South Siberian:
      • Sayan:
        • Tuvan: шымыл (şımıl, maggot)[1]

References

  1. ^ * Ümüt Çınar (2021) “Tuvaca Bitki ve Hayvan İsimleri”, in Tuvaca Canlılar Tarantısı[1] (in Turkish), volume 1, page 160