"tẹ" meaning in Proto-Turkic

See tẹ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

Etymology: Comparable to Proto-Mongolic *te (“that”), Proto-Tungusic *ta- (“that”), Proto-Uralic *tä (“that”). Compare also modern Mongolian тэр (ter) and Evenki тар (tar). Some of the descendants point to a derivation *tẹ + *-ki. The reasoning for rounding in some forms is uncertain. Etymology templates: {{cog|xgn-pro|*te|t=that}} Proto-Mongolic *te (“that”), {{cog|tuw-pro|*tari|*ta-|t=that}} Proto-Tungusic *ta- (“that”), {{cog|urj-pro|*tä|t=that}} Proto-Uralic *tä (“that”), {{cog|mn|тэр}} Mongolian тэр (ter), {{cog|evn|тар}} Evenki тар (tar), {{suf|trk-pro|*tẹ|*-ki}} *tẹ + *-ki Head templates: {{head|trk-pro|pronoun|cat2=demonstrative pronouns}} *tẹ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], tẹ [nominative, singular], tẹni [accusative, singular], tẹniŋ [genitive, singular], tẹŋe [dative, singular], tẹnte [locative, singular], tẹnten [ablative, singular], tẹŋerü [allative, singular], tẹn [instrumental, singular], tẹnče [equative, singular], tẹnleyü [error-unrecognized-form, singular], tẹnligü [comitative, singular]
  1. that Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *ol
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Chuvash",
          "lang_code": "cv",
          "roman": "te",
          "word": "те"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Oghur",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Common Turkic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Turkish",
              "lang_code": "tr",
              "word": "te"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Gagauz",
              "lang_code": "gag",
              "word": "te"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "West Oghuz",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Salar",
              "lang_code": "slr",
              "word": "düğü"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Salar",
              "lang_code": "slr",
              "word": "tüü"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Turkmen",
              "lang_code": "tk",
              "word": "şütki"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Turkmen",
              "lang_code": "tk",
              "word": "şütüki"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Turkmen",
              "lang_code": "tk",
              "word": "bitiki"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "East Oghuz",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Oghuz",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Cuman",
          "lang_code": "qwm",
          "word": "tigi"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Bashkir",
              "lang_code": "ba",
              "roman": "tege",
              "word": "теге"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "North Kipchak",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Kazakh",
              "lang_code": "kk",
              "word": "tigi"
            },
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Kyrgyz",
                  "lang_code": "ky",
                  "roman": "tigi",
                  "word": "тиги"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Southern Altai",
                  "lang_code": "alt",
                  "roman": "tigi",
                  "word": "тиги"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Southern Altai",
                  "lang_code": "alt",
                  "roman": "tu",
                  "word": "ту"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "East Kipchak",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "South Kipchak",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Kipchak",
      "lang_code": "qwm"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Dolgan",
              "lang_code": "dlg",
              "roman": "iti",
              "word": "ити"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Yakut",
              "lang_code": "sah",
              "roman": "iti",
              "word": "ити"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "North Siberian",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Tofa",
                  "lang_code": "kim",
                  "roman": "tee",
                  "word": "тээ"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Tuvan",
                  "lang_code": "tyv",
                  "roman": "döö",
                  "word": "дөө"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Sayan Turkic",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Khakas",
                  "lang_code": "kjh",
                  "roman": "tege",
                  "sense": "so, thus",
                  "word": "теге"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Yeniseian Turkic",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "South Siberian",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Siberian",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xgn-pro",
        "2": "*te",
        "t": "that"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mongolic *te (“that”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tuw-pro",
        "2": "*tari",
        "3": "*ta-",
        "t": "that"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Tungusic *ta- (“that”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-pro",
        "2": "*tä",
        "t": "that"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *tä (“that”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mn",
        "2": "тэр"
      },
      "expansion": "Mongolian тэр (ter)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "evn",
        "2": "тар"
      },
      "expansion": "Evenki тар (tar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "trk-pro",
        "2": "*tẹ",
        "3": "*-ki"
      },
      "expansion": "*tẹ + *-ki",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Comparable to Proto-Mongolic *te (“that”), Proto-Tungusic *ta- (“that”), Proto-Uralic *tä (“that”). Compare also modern Mongolian тэр (ter) and Evenki тар (tar).\nSome of the descendants point to a derivation *tẹ + *-ki. The reasoning for rounding in some forms is uncertain.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹniŋ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹŋe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹnte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹnten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹŋerü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹnče",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹnleyü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹnligü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "trk-pro",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "demonstrative pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "*tẹ",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Turkic",
  "lang_code": "trk-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tẹ",
  "pos": "pron",
  "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 demonstrative pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Turkic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Turkic pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-ki",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that"
      ],
      "id": "en-tẹ-trk-pro-pron-jn~AI2r0",
      "links": [
        [
          "that",
          "that"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*ol"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tẹ"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Chuvash",
          "lang_code": "cv",
          "roman": "te",
          "word": "те"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Oghur",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Common Turkic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Turkish",
              "lang_code": "tr",
              "word": "te"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Gagauz",
              "lang_code": "gag",
              "word": "te"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "West Oghuz",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Salar",
              "lang_code": "slr",
              "word": "düğü"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Salar",
              "lang_code": "slr",
              "word": "tüü"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Turkmen",
              "lang_code": "tk",
              "word": "şütki"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Turkmen",
              "lang_code": "tk",
              "word": "şütüki"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Turkmen",
              "lang_code": "tk",
              "word": "bitiki"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "East Oghuz",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Oghuz",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Cuman",
          "lang_code": "qwm",
          "word": "tigi"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Bashkir",
              "lang_code": "ba",
              "roman": "tege",
              "word": "теге"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "North Kipchak",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Kazakh",
              "lang_code": "kk",
              "word": "tigi"
            },
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Kyrgyz",
                  "lang_code": "ky",
                  "roman": "tigi",
                  "word": "тиги"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Southern Altai",
                  "lang_code": "alt",
                  "roman": "tigi",
                  "word": "тиги"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Southern Altai",
                  "lang_code": "alt",
                  "roman": "tu",
                  "word": "ту"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "East Kipchak",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "South Kipchak",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Kipchak",
      "lang_code": "qwm"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Dolgan",
              "lang_code": "dlg",
              "roman": "iti",
              "word": "ити"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Yakut",
              "lang_code": "sah",
              "roman": "iti",
              "word": "ити"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "North Siberian",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Tofa",
                  "lang_code": "kim",
                  "roman": "tee",
                  "word": "тээ"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Tuvan",
                  "lang_code": "tyv",
                  "roman": "döö",
                  "word": "дөө"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Sayan Turkic",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Khakas",
                  "lang_code": "kjh",
                  "roman": "tege",
                  "sense": "so, thus",
                  "word": "теге"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Yeniseian Turkic",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "South Siberian",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Siberian",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xgn-pro",
        "2": "*te",
        "t": "that"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mongolic *te (“that”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tuw-pro",
        "2": "*tari",
        "3": "*ta-",
        "t": "that"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Tungusic *ta- (“that”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-pro",
        "2": "*tä",
        "t": "that"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *tä (“that”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mn",
        "2": "тэр"
      },
      "expansion": "Mongolian тэр (ter)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "evn",
        "2": "тар"
      },
      "expansion": "Evenki тар (tar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "trk-pro",
        "2": "*tẹ",
        "3": "*-ki"
      },
      "expansion": "*tẹ + *-ki",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Comparable to Proto-Mongolic *te (“that”), Proto-Tungusic *ta- (“that”), Proto-Uralic *tä (“that”). Compare also modern Mongolian тэр (ter) and Evenki тар (tar).\nSome of the descendants point to a derivation *tẹ + *-ki. The reasoning for rounding in some forms is uncertain.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹniŋ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹŋe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹnte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹnten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹŋerü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹnče",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹnleyü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tẹnligü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "trk-pro",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "demonstrative pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "*tẹ",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Turkic",
  "lang_code": "trk-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tẹ",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Turkic demonstrative pronouns",
        "Proto-Turkic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Turkic lemmas",
        "Proto-Turkic pronouns",
        "Proto-Turkic terms spelled with Ẹ",
        "Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-ki",
        "Requests for native script for Kazakh terms",
        "Requests for native script for Kipchak terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "that",
          "that"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*ol"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tẹ"
}

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