Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kökrek

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Etymology

From *köküŕ (“chest, breasts”) +‎ *-ak, diminutive of *köküŕ.

Noun

*kökrek

1. breast
2. female breast

Declension

Declension of *kökrek

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*kökrek
Accusative	*kökrekni, *kökrekig 4), *kökreknig 1)
Genitive	*kökrekniŋ
Dative	*kökrekke
Locative	*kökrekde
Ablative	*kökrekden
Allative	*kökrekgerü
Instrumental 2)	*kökrekin
Equative 2)	*kökrekče
Similative 2)	*kökrekleyü
Comitative 2)	*kökrekligü

¹⁾ Possibly in Pre-Proto-Turkic.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
⁴⁾ Found in the Old Turkic era.

Related terms

• *köküŕ
• *kökre-

Descendants

• Oghuz:
  • Salar: kükrek, kökrek
  • Turkmen: kükrek
• Karluk:
  • Uyghur: [script needed] (kökräk)
  • Uzbek: koʻkrak
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: күкрәк (kükrək)
    • Tatar: күкрәк (kükräk)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: kökrek
    • Karachay-Balkar: кёкюрек (kökürek)
    • Karaim: [script needed] (kökräk)
    • Kumyk: кёкюрек (kökürek)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: [script needed] (kökirek)
      • Kazakh: көкірек (kökırek)
      • Nogai: [script needed] (kökirek)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: көкүрөк (kökürök)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kökrek”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill