Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/u-

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

Verb

*u-

(transitive) to be able, be capable

Derived terms

*u-gan (present participle)
- Karakhanid: اُغَنْ (uɣan, “having power over all things”)
  - → Turkish: oğan
- Khorezmian Turkic: [script needed] (uɣan)
- Mamluk-Kipchak: [script needed] (uɣan)
- Chagatai: [script needed] (uqan), [script needed] (uɣan)
*u-ma- (negation)
- Old Turkic
  - Orkhon: 𐰆𐰢𐰀 (uma-)
  - Old Uyghur: ʾwmʾ (uma-)
- Oghuz
  - Turkish: -(y)ama- (< *-(y)u uma-)
*u-ŕ (“master, expert”)

Descendants

Old Turkic
- Old Turkic: 𐰆 (u-)
- Old Uyghur: ʾw (u-)
Siberian
- Yakut: уй (uy)

References

Clauson, Gerard (1972) “u-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2
Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ŋūja”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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