With a front Vowel Spelling of Enclitic Ok in the Tuñuquq Inscriptions and Reinterpretation of Some Lines (11 = I/S 4, 16 = I/S 9, 21 = I/E 4 and 30 = I/N 6)

Year 2022, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 135 - 147, 01.01.2022

Erdem Uçar

https://doi.org/10.35236/jots.1016978

Cited By: 2

Abstract

The new readings and interpretations about the Old Turkic Inscriptions are very valuable in terms of Old Turkic. The Tuñuquq inscriptions are an invaluable treasure in literary and historical terms. The inscriptions were discovered in 1897 by Y. N. Klements. Two years after their discovery, Radloff published the first scholarly edition of the Tuñuquq inscriptions (1899). They were read again and interpreted by many philologists after the first edition. In the Tuñuquq inscriptions, the enclitic Ok occurred in form {-k} and kök in four places (Lines 11, 16, 21, 30). After evaluating the previous interpretations about these four places in the article, a new interpretation will be put forward. As a result, it will be questioned whether the enclitic Ok has such a form like kök or {-k}.

Keywords

Old Turkic, Tuñuquq inscriptions, clitic, Ok, kök, {-k}, erratum

Tuñuquq Yazıtlarında İnce Sıradaki Ok Enklitiğinin Yazımı ve Bazı Satırların (11 = I/G 4, 16 = I/G 9, 21 = I/D 4 ve 30 = I/K 6) Yeniden Yorumlanması

Abstract

The new readings and interpretations about the Old Turkic Inscriptions are very valuable in terms of Old Turkic. The Tuñuquq inscriptions are an invaluable treasure in literary and historical terms. The inscriptions were discovered in 1897 by Y. N. Klements. Two years after their discovery, Radloff published the first scholarly edition of the Tuñuquq inscriptions (1899). They were read again and interpreted by many philologists after the first edition. In the Tuñuquq inscriptions, the enclitic Ok occurred in form {-k} and kök in four places (Lines 11, 16, 21, 30). After evaluating the previous interpretations about these four places in the article, a new interpretation will be put forward. As a result, it will be questioned whether the enclitic Ok has such a form like kök or {-k}.

Keywords

Old Turkic, Tuñuquq inscriptions, clitic, Ok, kök, {-k}, erratum

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