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* Kz: ustara 'razor'; ustura | * Kz: ustara 'razor'; ustura | ||
* Kz: qaya; Tt: qıya | * Kz: qaya; Tt: qıya | ||
| + | * Kz: ara 'bee, wasp'; Kg: aarı (but Kz: ara 'saw'; Kg: araa) | ||
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=== Functional Morphemes === | === Functional Morphemes === | ||
* Question Particle: | * Question Particle: | ||
Revision as of 09:55, 14 January 2008
Contents
Surface vs written forms
The following words I've heard pronounced in the following ways:
- jaqsı [ʒɑχsɑ]
- balıqşı [bɑlɯqʃɑ]
- Kg: taraza [tɑrɑzɯ]
- Kz: "Sol durıssız ba?" [sʷʊl dʊˈrɑsɯz̥ pɑ]
Cognates
Vocab
- Kz: qattı 'strong'; Uz: qatta 'big'
- Kz: injir 'fig'; Uz: änjir 'fig'
- Kz: pikir 'poor'; fakir 'beggar'
- Kz: sayasat 'politics'; siyasät
- Kz: ustara 'razor'; ustura
- Kz: qaya; Tt: qıya
- Kz: ara 'bee, wasp'; Kg: aarı (but Kz: ara 'saw'; Kg: araa)
Functional Morphemes
- Question Particle:
- Kz: MA
- Kg: -BI
- Uz: -mi
- Tk: -mI
- (PrTk, most other Turkic: -mI)
- 1st person singular copula / present-tense verbal "agreement":
- Kk: -MIn
- Kg: -MIn
- Kaa: -MAn
- Uz: -man
- (PrTk: -man)
- 2nd person singular copula / present-tense verbal "agreement":
- Kk: -sIn
- Kg: -sIn
- Kaa: -sAn
- Uz: -san
- (PrTk: -san)
Russian vs. Kazakh
Kazakh/Russian versions of the same words (toponyms, mostly):
- Kz: Qarağandı, Ru: Karagandá
- Kz: Almatı, Ru: Almatá/Almatý
- Kz: Jambıl/Jambal??, Ru: Jambýl
