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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kotuz

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

Noun

*kotuz

  1. (Common Turkic) yak

Declension
Declension of *kotuz
Singular 3)
Nominative *kotuz
Accusative *kotuznï, *kotuzug 4), *kotuznïg 1)
Genitive *kotuznïŋ
Dative *kotuzka
Locative *kotuzda
Ablative *kotuzdan
Allative *kotuzgaru
Instrumental 2) *kotuzun
Equative 2) *kotuzča
Similative 2) *kotuzlayu
Comitative 2) *kotuzlugu
1) Possibly in Pre-Proto-Turkic.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern 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.
4) Found in the Old Turkic era.

Descendants
  • Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: qotaz
      • Ottoman Turkish:
        • Turkish: hotoz
    • Turkmen: gotaz
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: قُتُزْ (qutuz)
      • → Tajik: қутос (qutos)
      • Uyghur: قوتاز (qotaz)
      • Uzbek: qoʻtos
  • Kipchak:
    • North Kipchak:
      • Tatar: кутаз (qutaz)
    • South Kipchak:
      • Kipchak-Nogai:
        • Kazakh: қодас (qodas)
      • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
        • Kyrgyz: котос (kotos)

See also
Animals in Turkic
dog: *ït hunting dog: *eker hen: *tiakïgu
lark: *torgay dove, pigeon: *kȫkerčin quail: *bïldurčïn
sparrow: *serče hawk, falcon: *kïrguy goose: *kāŕ
wolf: *bȫrü cow: *ingek calf: *buŕagu
camel: *tebe young of camel: *kȫĺek, *botu horse: *at
foal: *kulun worm: *kūrt snake: *yï̄lan
fox: *tilkü goat: *keči he-goat: *teke
lion: *arsïlan fish: *bālïk carp bream: *čapak
donkey: *eĺčgek carp: *siāŕgan catfish: *yāyïn
beaver: *kunduŕ hedgehog: *kirpi badger: *borsmuk
fly, mosquito: *siŋek wasp, bee: *ārï gadfly: *bȫgen
moth: *küńe louse: *bït earthworm: *sïbuĺgan
yak: *kotuz colt: *sïp dragon: *siāŕgan
worm: *kūrt deer: *keyik, *sïgun, *bulan, *bugu lizard: *keleŕ

References
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 608
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kotuŕ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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