𐰆𐰞𐰖𐰆

Old Turkic

Etymology

Composed of 𐰆𐰞𐰀 (ul¹a /⁠ula-⁠/, “to attach”) +‎ -𐰇 (-ü /⁠-yu⁠/, gerundive suffix).

Conjunction

𐰆𐰞𐰖𐰆 (ul¹y¹u /ulayu/)

  1. and, on top of that
    • c. 732 CE, Yollïɣ Tigin (𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰍 𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤), Kül Tegin Inscription north side, line 9:
      𐰇𐰏𐰢:𐰴𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰆𐰞𐰖𐰆:𐰇𐰏𐰠𐰼𐰢:𐰚𐰠𐰼𐰢:𐰚𐰠𐰭𐰇𐰤𐰢:𐰸𐰆𐰨𐰖𐰞𐰺𐰢:
      ügm:qt¹un¹:ul¹y¹u:ügl²r²m:kl²r²m:kl²ŋün²m:q̊¹unčy¹l¹r¹m:
      /Ögüm qatun ulayu öglärim, äkälärim, käliŋünüm, qunčuylarïm […] /
      My mother the queen regent and my [step-]mothers, my elder sisters, my daughters-in-law, my ladies[1] […]

Footnotes

  1. ^ i.e. women of high position from China.

Further reading

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “ula:yu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 154
  • Tekin, Talât (1968), “ulayu”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 390
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