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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/burgu

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

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bur- (“to bend”) +‎ *-gu. Compared to Proto-Mongolic *bürijen (“trumpet, trumpet horn”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*burgu

  1. trumpet
  2. pipe (of a plant)
  3. horn

Declension
Declension of *burgu
Singular 3)
Nominative *burgu
Accusative *burgunï, *burgug 4), *burgunïg 1)
Genitive *burgunïŋ
Dative *burguka
Locative *burguda
Ablative *burgudan
Allative *burgugaru
Instrumental 2) *burgun
Equative 2) *burguča
Similative 2) *burgulayu
Comitative 2) *burgulugu
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
  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: пӑрӑх (părăh)
  • Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Proto-Oghuz: *burɣu
      • Old Anatolian Turkish:
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid:
      • Khorezmian Turkic:
        • Chagatai:
          • Uzbek: moʻri, burgʻu
          • Uyghur: بۇرغا (burgha)
  • Kipchak:
    • Kipchak:
      • North Kipchak:
      • East Kipchak:
        • Southern Altai: буру (buru, “guilt”)
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: [script needed] (burğu)
    • South Siberian:
      • Sayan:
        • Tuvan: мурғу (“pipe made of a plant stem”)
      • Yenisei:
        • Khakas: пырғы (pırğı, “hunting horn”)

References
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*burgu”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 361
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