ʾwyc
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Old Uyghur[edit]
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| Cardinal : ʾwyc (üč) Ordinal : ʾwycwnc (üčünč) Distributive : ʾwycʾr (üčer) Collective : ʾwycʾkw (üčegü) | ||
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *üč (“three”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰇𐰲 (üč), Chuvash виҫӗ (viś̬ĕ, “three”), Turkish üç (“three”), Uzbek uch (“three”), Bashkir өс (ös, “three”), Yakut үс (üs, “three”).
Numeral[edit]
ʾwyc (üč)
- three
- 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, XVII.6
- ʾwycwnc swvdʾ yʾklʾr ʾwrwp kmy swvxʾ cwmwrwr
- üčünč suvda yekler urup kémi suvda čomurur
- Thirdly, in the water demons may attack and sink the ship.
- 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, XVII.6
Descendants[edit]
- Western Yugur: üş
References[edit]
- Hamilton, James (2020) Korkut, Ece, Birkan, İsmet, transl., Budacı İyi Kalpli ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası - Prens Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara Hikâyesi (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “üç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 18