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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/toku
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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 reconstructions
- *tokïgu (if from *tokï-)
Etymology
Probably related with the verb *tokï- (“to weave”). Also perhaps cognate with Proto-Tungusic *toxa-n (“button, buckle”), compare Nanai тохон (tohon). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Declension
Declension of *toku
| Singular 3) | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | *toku |
| Accusative | *tokunu, *tokunug 1) |
| Genitive | *tokunuŋ |
| Dative | *tokuka |
| Locative | *tokuda |
| Ablative | *tokudan |
| Instrumental 2) | *tokun |
| Equative 2) | *tokuča |
1) Found in early Proto-Turkic.
2) The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Turkic languages.
3) Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
2) The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Turkic languages.
3) Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
Descendants
- Oghur:
- Chuvash: [script needed] (tъʷɣa)
- Common Turkic:
References
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*toku”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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