aksamak

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آغسامق‎ (aġsamak, “to droop and limp when walking”)[1], from Proto-Turkic *agsa- (“to hobble”)[2], possibly from *ak- (“to flow”) +‎ *-sa- (“suffix deriving desiderative verbs”)[3][4], equivalent to ak- +‎ -sa +‎ -mak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ak.saˈmak/
  • Hyphenation: ak‧sa‧mak

Verb

aksamak (third-person singular simple present aksar)

  1. (intransitive) To limp, to hobble. (to walk lamely, as if favouring one leg)
    Synonym: topallamak
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) To drag, to delay.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “آغسامق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 150
  2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*agsa-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*iak-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “aksa-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • aksamak in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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