Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tolkun

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *talkan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tolku- (“to get disturbed (of water).”) +‎ *-n. Somehow akin to Proto-Mongolic *dalxiyan (“wave”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*tolkun

1. (Common Turkic) wave

Declension

Declension of *tolkun (Common Turkic)

	singular	plural2)
nominative	*tolkun	*tolkunlar
accusative
genitive	*tolkunnïŋ	*tolkunlarnïŋ
dative	*tolkunka	*tolkunlarka
locative	*tolkunda	*tolkunlarda
ablative	*tolkundan	*tolkunlardan
instrumental1)		*tolkunlarïn
equative1)	*tolkunča	*tolkunlarča

¹⁾The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
²⁾This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

• Oghuz:
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: tolkun
• Karluk:
  • Uyghur: دولقۇن (dolqun)
  • Uzbek: to'lqin
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: тулҡын (tulqın)
    • Tatar: дулкын (dulkın)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: tolqun
    • Kumyk: толкъун (tolqun)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kazakh: толқын (tolqyn)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: толкун (tolkun)
    • Southern Altai: толгон (tolgon), толку (tolku)
• Siberian:
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: долгун (dolgun)