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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-si

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

Alternative forms
  • *-sï, *-su, *-sü, *-i, *-ï, *-u, *-ü

Suffix

*-si

  1. Suffix equiping headword for third-person singular.
    ‎*tebe (“camel”) + ‎*-si → ‎*tebesi (“camel of (him/her/it); (his/her/its) camel”)

Usage notes

If the suffix comes to a word ending in a consonant, it takes *-i (or *-ï, *-u, *-ü) form.

‎*eb (“house”) + ‎*-si → ‎*ebi (“house of (him/her/it); (his/her/its) house”)

However, Oghur languages only use -i instead of -si after vowels, by deleting the last vowel and adding the suffix (*ingek-i → Proto-Oghur *ine-i → Chuvash ӗни (ĕni) "his/her cow", from ӗне (ĕne)).

  • *-niŋ
  • *-iŋ (“suffix equiping headword for second-person”)
  • *-im (“suffix equiping headword for first-person”)
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