swʾ

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 鎖 (suɑX).

Noun

swʾ (sua)

  1. chain
    • 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, XXXI.5
      yyty tymyr swʾ kmy swlʾp twrxwrdy
      yéti temir sua kémi sualap turɣurdï
      Seven iron chains bound and immobilized the ship.

Derived terms
  • swlʾ- (suala-, “to bound”)

References
  • Hamilton, James (2020) Korkut, Ece, Birkan, İsmet, transl., Budacı İyi Kalpli ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası - Prens Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara Hikâyesi (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “so:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 781
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