"bitig" meaning in Proto-Turkic

See bitig in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From *biti- (“to write”) + *-g. Etymology templates: {{suf|trk-pro|*biti-|*g|gloss1=to write}} *biti- (“to write”) + *-g Head templates: {{head|trk-pro|noun}} *bitig Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bitig [nominative, singular], bitigig [accusative, singular], bitigni [accusative, singular], bitigniŋ [genitive, singular], bitigke [dative, singular], bitigde [locative, singular], bitigden [ablative, singular], bitiggerü [allative, singular], bitigin [instrumental, singular], bitigče [equative, singular], bitigleyü [error-unrecognized-form, singular], bitigligü [comitative, singular], *bitik [alternative]
  1. inscription, scripture Tags: reconstruction
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        "2": "*biti-",
        "3": "*g",
        "gloss1": "to write"
      },
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      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From *biti- (“to write”) + *-g.",
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bitig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigniŋ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitiggerü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigče",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigleyü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigligü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*bitik",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "trk-pro",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "*bitig",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Turkic",
  "lang_code": "trk-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bitig",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "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 terms suffixed with *-g",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inscription, scripture"
      ],
      "id": "en-bitig-trk-pro-noun-pOcRph1O",
      "links": [
        [
          "inscription",
          "inscription"
        ],
        [
          "scripture",
          "scripture"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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      "lang_code": "hu",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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        }
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    },
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          "roman": "bitüv, bitiv",
          "word": "بتو"
        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "qwm",
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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              "lang_code": "ba",
              "roman": "betew",
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              "word": "бетеү"
            },
            {
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            }
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        },
        {
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            }
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        },
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            {
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                  "sense": "letter, scripture",
                  "word": "бітік"
                }
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              "lang_code": "unknown"
            }
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          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
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      "lang_code": "qwm"
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        {
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              "lang_code": "tr",
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              ],
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            },
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                {
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                }
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              "word": "bitig"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "otk",
          "roman": "b²it²g",
          "word": "𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Siberian",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
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          "raw_tags": [
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          ],
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          "sense": "book of Kalmyk",
          "word": "бичик"
        },
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          "lang_code": "alt",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "bičik",
          "sense": "book",
          "word": "бичик"
        },
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          "lang_code": "kjh",
          "raw_tags": [
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          ],
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          "word": "пічік"
        },
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          "lang_code": "cjs",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
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          "word": "пичик"
        },
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          "lang_code": "tyv",
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          ],
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          "word": "бижик"
        },
        {
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          ],
          "roman": "bicik",
          "word": "бичик"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "word": "бичиг"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "trk-pro",
        "2": "*biti-",
        "3": "*g",
        "gloss1": "to write"
      },
      "expansion": "*biti- (“to write”) + *-g",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From *biti- (“to write”) + *-g.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigniŋ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitiggerü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigče",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigleyü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitigligü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*bitik",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "trk-pro",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "*bitig",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Turkic",
  "lang_code": "trk-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bitig",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Turkic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Turkic lemmas",
        "Proto-Turkic nouns",
        "Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-g",
        "Requests for native script for Old Uyghur terms",
        "Requests for native script for Western Yugur terms",
        "trk-pro:Communication"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inscription, scripture"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inscription",
          "inscription"
        ],
        [
          "scripture",
          "scripture"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bitig"
}

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