Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-me

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

preceding vowel
A / Ï / O / U E / I / Ö / Ü
*-ma *-me

Etymology 1

Suffix

*-me

  1. Forms deverbal negative verbs.
    ‎*seb- (“to love”) + ‎*-me → ‎*sebme- (“to not love”)

Etymology 2

Comparable to Proto-Mongolic *-me and Proto-Uralic *-ma

Suffix

*-me

  1. Forms deverbal verbal nouns.
    ‎*tüg- (“to tie, to knot”) + ‎*-me → ‎*tügme (“button”)

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-me
Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/turma

Descendants

  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰢𐰀 (-me)

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+mA”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 114
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page xliii
  • Erdal, Marcel (2004) “+mA”, in A Grammar of Old Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies; 3), Brill Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 151
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