uca
Azerbaijani
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Dybo, a derivation from Proto-Turkic *yüg-,[1] hence Azerbaijani yüksək and other related forms. Compare Turkish yüce and dialectal yüvcek, yüğcek, üğücek.
According to Sevortyan, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ūč (“edge”),[2] hence, related to Azerbaijani uc (“tip, point, cusp”) and unrelated to Azerbaijani yüksək.
Some consider both the Turkish uca (“coccyx”) and Azerbaijani uca (“high”) to be derived from Common Turkic *ūča.[3] The semantic developments that led to the emergence of both these senses could have been along the lines of 1) 'edge' -> 'top of a tree' -> 'high'; 2) 'edge' -> 'edge of the body' -> 'rump; back; loins, buttocks'. Sevortyan, however, conseders these two forms unrelated.[4]
Compare Kipchak یوجا (yuca); Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (yüce); Old Turkic [script needed] (uča, “coccyx”).
None of the forms above are thought to be related to uçmaq (“to fly”), despite a certain semantic link.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]uca (comparative daha uca, superlative ən uca)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Khalaj: uca
References
[edit]- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kadgu”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 611
- ^ Tekin, Talat (1994) “Türk Dillerinde Önseste y- Türemesi [The origin of word-initial y- in Turkic languages]”, in Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları[2], volume 4, Ankara, page 58 of 51-66
- ^ Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 567
Fijian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Central Pacific *quca, from Proto-Oceanic *qusan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN.
Noun
[edit]uca
- rain (condensed water from a cloud)
Khalaj
[edit]| Perso-Arabic | اوُجا | |
|---|---|---|
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Azerbaijani uca.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]uca (comparative ucatar)
References
[edit]- Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
Zazaki
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]uca
See also
[edit]- Azerbaijani terms derived from Proto-Turkic
- Azerbaijani terms inherited from Common Turkic
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Common Turkic
- Azerbaijani terms with IPA pronunciation
- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani adjectives
- Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Fijian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Fijian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Fijian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Fijian lemmas
- Fijian nouns
- fj:Liquids
- fj:Weather
- Khalaj terms borrowed from Azerbaijani
- Khalaj terms derived from Azerbaijani
- Khalaj terms with IPA pronunciation
- Khalaj lemmas
- Khalaj adjectives
- Zazaki lemmas
- Zazaki pronouns