Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tẹpi-

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

Somehow, this verb only exists in Oghuz and Oghur.

Verb

*tẹpi-

(intransitive) to dry, become dry
Synonym: *kūrï-

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: тип (tip, “dry; to stale”)
Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: təpimək
  - Ottoman Turkish:
    - Turkish: tepimek — Denizli, Kütahya, Giresun, Niğde, Muğla^[1]
- Turkmen: tebimek^[2]

References

^ “tepimek”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 10, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1978, page 3884a
^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tẹpi-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

[1] “tepimek”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 10, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1978, page 3884a

[2] Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tẹpi-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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