"-mi" meaning in Proto-Turkic

See -mi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Postposition

Forms: *-mï [alternative]
Etymology: Compare Orok [script needed] (-i, “interrogative stem”). Etymology templates: {{cog|oaa|t=interrogative stem|tr=-i}} Orok [script needed] (-i, “interrogative stem”) Head templates: {{head|trk-pro|postposition}} *-mi
  1. interrogative particle. Tags: reconstruction
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Oghur:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cv",
            "2": "-и",
            "3": "-им"
          },
          "expansion": "Chuvash: -и (-i), -им (-im)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chuvash: -и (-i), -им (-im)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Common Turkic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Oghuz:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-oat",
            "2": "می",
            "tr": "-mi"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Anatolian Turkish: می (-mi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Anatolian Turkish: می (-mi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "mi",
            "3": "mı",
            "4": "mu",
            "5": "mü"
          },
          "expansion": "Azerbaijani: mi, mı, mu, mü",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Azerbaijani: mi, mı, mu, mü"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "می",
            "tr": "-mi"
          },
          "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish: می (-mi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ottoman Turkish: می (-mi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "mi",
            "3": "mı",
            "4": "mu",
            "5": "mü"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: mi, mı, mu, mü",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: mi, mı, mu, mü"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gag",
            "2": "mi",
            "3": "mı",
            "4": "mu",
            "5": "mü"
          },
          "expansion": "Gagauz: mi, mı, mu, mü",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gagauz: mi, mı, mu, mü"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tk",
            "2": "-mi",
            "3": "-my",
            "4": "-mu",
            "5": "-mü"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkmen: -mi, -my, -mu, -mü",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkmen: -mi, -my, -mu, -mü"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "slr",
            "2": "mu",
            "3": "mo",
            "4": "mi"
          },
          "expansion": "Salar: mu, mo, mi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Salar: mu, mo, mi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Karluk:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xqa",
            "2": "",
            "tr": "-mu"
          },
          "expansion": "Karakhanid: [script needed] (-mu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karakhanid: [script needed] (-mu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "chg",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Chagatai:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chagatai:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "-mi"
          },
          "expansion": "Uzbek: -mi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uzbek: -mi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "tr": "-mu"
          },
          "expansion": "Uyghur: [script needed] (-mu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uyghur: [script needed] (-mu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "crh",
            "2": "-mi",
            "3": "-mı",
            "4": "-mu",
            "5": "-mü"
          },
          "expansion": "Crimean Tatar: -mi, -mı, -mu, -mü",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Crimean Tatar: -mi, -mı, -mu, -mü"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "krc",
            "2": "-ми",
            "3": "-мы",
            "4": "-му",
            "5": "-мү"
          },
          "expansion": "Karachay-Balkar: -ми (-mi), -мы (-mı), -му (-mu), -мү",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karachay-Balkar: -ми (-mi), -мы (-mı), -му (-mu), -мү"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kum",
            "2": "-ми",
            "3": "-мы",
            "4": "-му",
            "5": "-мү"
          },
          "expansion": "Kumyk: -ми (-mi), -мы (-mı), -му (-mu), -мү",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kumyk: -ми (-mi), -мы (-mı), -му (-mu), -мү"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kdr",
            "tr": "-mo"
          },
          "expansion": "Karaim: [script needed] (-mo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karaim: [script needed] (-mo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "-ме",
            "3": "-мы"
          },
          "expansion": "Bashkir: -ме (-me), -мы (-mı)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bashkir: -ме (-me), -мы (-mı)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tt",
            "2": "-ме",
            "3": "-мы"
          },
          "expansion": "Tatar: -ме (-me), -мы (-mı)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tatar: -ме (-me), -мы (-mı)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Caspian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "бе",
            "3": "ме",
            "4": "пе",
            "5": "ма"
          },
          "expansion": "Kazakh: бе (be), ме (me), пе (pe), ма (ma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kazakh: бе (be), ме (me), пе (pe), ма (ma) па (pa), ба (ba)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nog",
            "2": "-ме",
            "3": "-ма"
          },
          "expansion": "Nogai: -ме (-me), -ма (-ma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nogai: -ме (-me), -ма (-ma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kaa",
            "2": "-ma",
            "3": "-me"
          },
          "expansion": "Karakalpak: -ma, -me",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karakalpak: -ma, -me"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Kyrgyz-Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ky",
            "2": "-би",
            "3": "-ми",
            "4": "-пи",
            "5": "-мы"
          },
          "expansion": "Kyrgyz: -би (-bi), -ми (-mi), -пи (-pi), -мы (-mı)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kyrgyz: -би (-bi), -ми (-mi), -пи (-pi), -мы (-mı) -пы (-pı), -бы (-bı), -бу (-bu), -му (-mu), -пу (-pu), -мү (-mü), -пү (-pü), -бү (-bü)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "alt",
            "2": "-ба",
            "3": "-па",
            "4": "-бе",
            "5": "-пе",
            "6": "-бо",
            "7": "-по",
            "8": "-бӧ",
            "9": "-пӧ"
          },
          "expansion": "Southern Altai: -ба (-ba), -па (-pa), -бе (-be), -пе (-pe), -бо (-bo), -по (-po), -бӧ (-bö), -пӧ (-pö)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Southern Altai: -ба (-ba), -па (-pa), -бе (-be), -пе (-pe), -бо (-bo), -по (-po), -бӧ (-bö), -пӧ (-pö)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Siberian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Old Turkic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "otk",
            "2": "𐰢𐰆",
            "3": "𐰍𐰆",
            "tr1": "mu",
            "tr2": "γu"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Turkic: 𐰢𐰆 (mu), 𐰍𐰆 (γu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Turkic: 𐰢𐰆 (mu), 𐰍𐰆 (γu) (as in bar γu?)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Siberian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Sayan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tyv",
            "tr": "be"
          },
          "expansion": "Tuvan: [script needed] (be)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tuvan: [script needed] (be)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Yenisei:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cjs",
            "3": "",
            "tr": "-be",
            "tr2": "-ba"
          },
          "expansion": "Shor: [script needed] (-be), [script needed] (-ba)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shor: [script needed] (-be), [script needed] (-ba)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kjh",
            "3": "",
            "tr": "-ma",
            "tr2": "-me"
          },
          "expansion": "Khakas: [script needed] (-ma), [script needed] (-me)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Khakas: [script needed] (-ma), [script needed] (-me)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oaa",
        "t": "interrogative stem",
        "tr": "-i"
      },
      "expansion": "Orok [script needed] (-i, “interrogative stem”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Orok [script needed] (-i, “interrogative stem”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "*-mï",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "trk-pro",
        "2": "postposition"
      },
      "expansion": "*-mi",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Turkic",
  "lang_code": "trk-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-mi",
  "pos": "postp",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Turkic terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Turkic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Turkic postpositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“Did he/she/it die?”",
          "text": "ölti (“he/she/it died”) + *-mi → *ölti mü?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "interrogative particle."
      ],
      "id": "en--mi-trk-pro-postp-J1v0uMH4",
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-mi"
}
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Oghur:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cv",
            "2": "-и",
            "3": "-им"
          },
          "expansion": "Chuvash: -и (-i), -им (-im)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chuvash: -и (-i), -им (-im)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Common Turkic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Oghuz:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-oat",
            "2": "می",
            "tr": "-mi"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Anatolian Turkish: می (-mi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Anatolian Turkish: می (-mi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "mi",
            "3": "mı",
            "4": "mu",
            "5": "mü"
          },
          "expansion": "Azerbaijani: mi, mı, mu, mü",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Azerbaijani: mi, mı, mu, mü"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "می",
            "tr": "-mi"
          },
          "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish: می (-mi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ottoman Turkish: می (-mi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "mi",
            "3": "mı",
            "4": "mu",
            "5": "mü"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: mi, mı, mu, mü",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: mi, mı, mu, mü"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gag",
            "2": "mi",
            "3": "mı",
            "4": "mu",
            "5": "mü"
          },
          "expansion": "Gagauz: mi, mı, mu, mü",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gagauz: mi, mı, mu, mü"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tk",
            "2": "-mi",
            "3": "-my",
            "4": "-mu",
            "5": "-mü"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkmen: -mi, -my, -mu, -mü",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkmen: -mi, -my, -mu, -mü"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "slr",
            "2": "mu",
            "3": "mo",
            "4": "mi"
          },
          "expansion": "Salar: mu, mo, mi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Salar: mu, mo, mi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Karluk:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xqa",
            "2": "",
            "tr": "-mu"
          },
          "expansion": "Karakhanid: [script needed] (-mu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karakhanid: [script needed] (-mu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "chg",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Chagatai:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chagatai:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "-mi"
          },
          "expansion": "Uzbek: -mi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uzbek: -mi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "tr": "-mu"
          },
          "expansion": "Uyghur: [script needed] (-mu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uyghur: [script needed] (-mu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "crh",
            "2": "-mi",
            "3": "-mı",
            "4": "-mu",
            "5": "-mü"
          },
          "expansion": "Crimean Tatar: -mi, -mı, -mu, -mü",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Crimean Tatar: -mi, -mı, -mu, -mü"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "krc",
            "2": "-ми",
            "3": "-мы",
            "4": "-му",
            "5": "-мү"
          },
          "expansion": "Karachay-Balkar: -ми (-mi), -мы (-mı), -му (-mu), -мү",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karachay-Balkar: -ми (-mi), -мы (-mı), -му (-mu), -мү"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kum",
            "2": "-ми",
            "3": "-мы",
            "4": "-му",
            "5": "-мү"
          },
          "expansion": "Kumyk: -ми (-mi), -мы (-mı), -му (-mu), -мү",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kumyk: -ми (-mi), -мы (-mı), -му (-mu), -мү"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kdr",
            "tr": "-mo"
          },
          "expansion": "Karaim: [script needed] (-mo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karaim: [script needed] (-mo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "-ме",
            "3": "-мы"
          },
          "expansion": "Bashkir: -ме (-me), -мы (-mı)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bashkir: -ме (-me), -мы (-mı)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tt",
            "2": "-ме",
            "3": "-мы"
          },
          "expansion": "Tatar: -ме (-me), -мы (-mı)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tatar: -ме (-me), -мы (-mı)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Caspian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "бе",
            "3": "ме",
            "4": "пе",
            "5": "ма"
          },
          "expansion": "Kazakh: бе (be), ме (me), пе (pe), ма (ma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kazakh: бе (be), ме (me), пе (pe), ма (ma) па (pa), ба (ba)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nog",
            "2": "-ме",
            "3": "-ма"
          },
          "expansion": "Nogai: -ме (-me), -ма (-ma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nogai: -ме (-me), -ма (-ma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kaa",
            "2": "-ma",
            "3": "-me"
          },
          "expansion": "Karakalpak: -ma, -me",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karakalpak: -ma, -me"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Kyrgyz-Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ky",
            "2": "-би",
            "3": "-ми",
            "4": "-пи",
            "5": "-мы"
          },
          "expansion": "Kyrgyz: -би (-bi), -ми (-mi), -пи (-pi), -мы (-mı)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kyrgyz: -би (-bi), -ми (-mi), -пи (-pi), -мы (-mı) -пы (-pı), -бы (-bı), -бу (-bu), -му (-mu), -пу (-pu), -мү (-mü), -пү (-pü), -бү (-bü)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "alt",
            "2": "-ба",
            "3": "-па",
            "4": "-бе",
            "5": "-пе",
            "6": "-бо",
            "7": "-по",
            "8": "-бӧ",
            "9": "-пӧ"
          },
          "expansion": "Southern Altai: -ба (-ba), -па (-pa), -бе (-be), -пе (-pe), -бо (-bo), -по (-po), -бӧ (-bö), -пӧ (-pö)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Southern Altai: -ба (-ba), -па (-pa), -бе (-be), -пе (-pe), -бо (-bo), -по (-po), -бӧ (-bö), -пӧ (-pö)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Siberian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Old Turkic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "otk",
            "2": "𐰢𐰆",
            "3": "𐰍𐰆",
            "tr1": "mu",
            "tr2": "γu"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Turkic: 𐰢𐰆 (mu), 𐰍𐰆 (γu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Turkic: 𐰢𐰆 (mu), 𐰍𐰆 (γu) (as in bar γu?)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Siberian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Sayan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tyv",
            "tr": "be"
          },
          "expansion": "Tuvan: [script needed] (be)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tuvan: [script needed] (be)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Yenisei:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cjs",
            "3": "",
            "tr": "-be",
            "tr2": "-ba"
          },
          "expansion": "Shor: [script needed] (-be), [script needed] (-ba)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shor: [script needed] (-be), [script needed] (-ba)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kjh",
            "3": "",
            "tr": "-ma",
            "tr2": "-me"
          },
          "expansion": "Khakas: [script needed] (-ma), [script needed] (-me)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Khakas: [script needed] (-ma), [script needed] (-me)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oaa",
        "t": "interrogative stem",
        "tr": "-i"
      },
      "expansion": "Orok [script needed] (-i, “interrogative stem”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Orok [script needed] (-i, “interrogative stem”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "*-mï",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "trk-pro",
        "2": "postposition"
      },
      "expansion": "*-mi",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Turkic",
  "lang_code": "trk-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-mi",
  "pos": "postp",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Old Turkic terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Turkic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Turkic lemmas",
        "Proto-Turkic postpositions",
        "Requests for native script for Karaim terms",
        "Requests for native script for Karakhanid terms",
        "Requests for native script for Khakas terms",
        "Requests for native script for Orok terms",
        "Requests for native script for Shor terms",
        "Requests for native script for Tuvan terms",
        "Requests for native script for Uyghur terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“Did he/she/it die?”",
          "text": "ölti (“he/she/it died”) + *-mi → *ölti mü?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "interrogative particle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-mi"
}

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