𐰘𐰃𐱅

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Old Turkic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yit- (to become lost). Cognate with Turkish yitmek, Yakut сүт (süt).

Verb

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𐰘𐰃𐱅 (yit-)

  1. (intransitive) to be lost
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E27:
      𐰃𐰤𐰢:𐰚𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰠𐰀:𐰚𐰃:𐱁𐰑:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰠𐰀:𐰇𐰠𐰇:𐰘𐰃𐱅𐰇:𐰴𐰔𐰍𐰦𐰢
      inim:kültégin:birle:eki:šad:birle:ölü:yitü:qazɣantïm
      Together with my younger brother, Prince Kül, and together with two shads, dying and getting lost, I won.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “yit-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 404
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yit-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 885