𐱅𐰃

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *dē- (“to say”). Cognate to Karakhanid [script needed] (tḗmēk, “to say”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (te-, “to say”), Kyrgyz дөө (döö, “to say”), Turkish demek (“to say”), Turkmen diýmek (“to say”), Yakut диэ (die, “to say”).

Verb

𐱅𐰃 (té-)

  1. to say
  • 𐱅𐰃𐰯‎ (tép)
  • 𐱅𐰃𐰘𐰤‎ (téyin)

See also

  • 𐰾𐰇𐰕𐰠𐱁‎ (sözleš-, “to speak (to eachother)”)

Etymology 2

Suffix

𐱅𐰃 (-ti)

  1. Used to form adverbs from adjectives
‏𐰓𐰏𐰇𐱅𐰃‎
edgüti
well, thoroughly

Etymology 3

From Proto-Turkic [Term?], compare Turkish -ti (“past tense suffix”)

Suffix

𐱅𐰃 (-ti)

  1. Used to form past tenses of verbs

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “té:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 433
  • Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*dē-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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