Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yālga-

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

From Proto-Turkic *yalïg (?) ("tongue") + Proto-Turkic *-ga. Possibly related to Proto-Mongolic *doluxa- and Proto-Tungusic *ǯali-. See Mongolian долоох (doloox, “to lick”) and Evenki дяликса (ʒaliksa, “saliva”) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Verb

*yālga-

(transitive) to lick

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: ҫула (śula)

Arghu:
- Khalaj: yalğamaq
Oghuz:
- Azerbaijani: yalamaq
- Ottoman Turkish: یالامق‎ (yalamak)
  - Turkish: yalamak
- Turkmen: ýalamak
Kipchak:
- Western Kipchak
  - Crimean Tatar: calamaq, yalamaq
  - Kumyk: яламакъ (yalamaq)
- Northern Kipchak
  - Bashkir: ялау (yalaw)
  - Tatar: yalaw
- Kipchak-Nogai
  - Kazakh: жалау (jalau)
- Eastern Kipchak
  - Kyrgyz: жалоо (jaloo)
  - Southern Altai: јала- (ǰala-)
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (yalɣāmāk),
  - Uzbek: yalamoq
  - Uyghur: يالىماق‎ (yalimaq)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: [script needed] (yalɣa-)
- Dolgan: [script needed] (һалаа)
- Yakut: салаа (salaa)
- Tofa: чылғаар
- Tuvan: чылгаар (çılgaar)
- Khakas: чалғирға (çalğirğa)
- Western Yugur: yalğa-

References

Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*jālga-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
https://www.nisanyansozluk.com/?k=yala-

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