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Magyar
Grammatical Comparison
List is approximately in English alphabetical order not Hungarian
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-an, -en, -n
creates Adverbs of Manner from adjectives; etc /HungarianUralic
Hungarian suffix -an, -en, -n
(a) Creates Adverbs of Manner from adjectives; (b) Creates Verbs meaning of a "sudden" action that only lasts a short time from certain verbs. (c) Indicates the number of people doing something or present when the suffix is added to numerals
Indo-European/Indo-Iranian/Iranian
-an /Persian ?
sirr-an secretly, mysteriously, clandestinely; sari`-an swiftly, with expedition; sam`-an hearingly, i.e. willingly; sahw-an inadvertently, erroneously; sharat-an wickedly, mischievously; shirakat-an jointly; tanz-an in joke; jeeringly, ironically; adat-an habitually, customarily; fard-an singly, severally, one by one; mihz-an merely, purely, solely, wholly; and so on /Persian [fjs]
There are many more examples in Persian most of which, if not all, are unbelievably listed as loans from Semitic/Arabic by [fjs] !!
-andó
, -endő this suffix denotes "action that is to be completed" /HungarianUralic
-andó, -endő this suffix denotes "action that is to be completed" /Hungarian
The suffixes -andó and -endő form the Participle of Future Action, that is, such forms represent the Hungarian Future Participle which can also be used as a noun, and may be declined just as in Classical Latin.
jövendő future; állandó constant, lasting, standing; hajlandó willing, ready, inclined; leendő (anya) = (mother) to be; múlandó fleeting, ephemeral; teendő work (to be done) /Hungarian
The original meaning of the Future Participle has been lost in these Hungarian words.
Altaic/Turkic
indi 1. now 2. next, following; indiki next; indikile next time /Turkmen [glnp]
Basque
ondore (G,L,LN,U) result, consequence; future; succession
ondoren (C) consequence, result, conclusion; conj./prep. after (B,G)
ondorio (L,LN,Z,U) result, outcome; effect, outcome
Dravidian
Southern
ayinda_, ainda hereafter, next time, in future (Kannad.a,Telugu)(Kannad.a lex.) [sk]
Northern
âinda future /Brahui
Indo-European
Celtic
See (similar?) daonnan, daondan continually, always /Gaelic
[whose etymology seems uncertain.] [mcb]
Italic
Passive Future Participle = present stem + -ndus,-nda,-ndum in Classical Latin
It is interesting just how much the Hungarian suffixes -andó and -endő resemble the Passive Latin forms. The grammar in this context also functions in a similar manner in both languages. Must be a coincidence.
ainda still, yet /Portuguese
Slav,South
onda then, after that, thereupon, at that time; next /Serbo-Croatian
Indo-Iranian/Iranian/Avestan
aainda next /Pashto [tr]
Sumerian
è-de
future suffix , e(n) future suffix![]()
az
"that" (demonstrative pronoun) /HungarianUralic
Hungarian az and related ott "that, there"; onnan "from that" officially derive from FU. [Chong]
a-, ata (Komi, Udmurt); u- (Mari); o (Mordvin)
Hungarian ez and related itt "here", ide "hither", innen "from here", így "so", ilyen "such as this" officially derive from FU [Chong]
[? *e this (Proto FU); et that (conjunction), egä, iga every (Estonian); e- in että that (conjunction) (Finnish); âttì that (conjunction) (Lappish)] / [? it now, in just now; this (Khanty); e-: sy this, that, eta this, edz'i so (Komi); e-: emb& if, when, ese that one, esë there (inessive), estë from there (elative), es't'a so, es't'amo such, ete this; i-: is't'a so, is't'amo such (Mordvin)]
[? eke, eko this, this here, eo' hither (En'ec'); iid@ that one there (Kamas)]
kase (dem. prn) this here, that there /Vaddja [fv]
Afro-Asiatic
Cognate Set <Cohen (1947) , #347> [oi4]
Semitic
d- this /Aramaic; z- this /Hebrew; d_u (demonst.) /Arabic
Egyptian
s (s', z) man
Berber
i_d ayd ad (demonst.) /Berber
Altaic
[? incˆä so (Old Turkish); ene this (Buryat); edüge now (Clasical Mongol) // ädu here (Ewenk)] [Chong]
∫u this, that /Turkmen [glnp]
Caucasian
es this; eg, is that /Georgian [pjh]
Etruscan
ita, itu, ta this [lb]
(0) Indo-European
*s- (demonstrative pronoun) /PIE [cb2]
Armenian
es, isah, os this (Armenian - Dorosmai) [Chong]
Anatolian
es- this /Lydian [cb2]
asa-, asi- that /Hittite [cb2]
(1) Indo-European
Indo-Iranian/Iranian
e this, these; he, she, it, they. /Baluchi [mab]
abba
{az "that" + ba "into"} into that, to that; there /HungarianUralic
With abba, ebbe the z of the demonstrative pronoun assimilates with the b- of the suffix.
Dravidian
abe/ba_n (obl. aben.-/ba_n.-) there; aben.i/ba_n.i of that place, belonging to that place; abekan man belonging there (Kond.a)(DEDR 1). [sk]
Afro-Asiatic
b "in, from, among" /Phœnician [cgj]
Indo-European
IE Root
epi, opi near, at, against [ahd]
Greek
epi on, over, at [ahd]
Italic
ob, ob- before, to, against /Latin [ahd]
Slavic
ob on /Old Church Slavonic [ahd]
Indo-Iranian/Indo-Aryan
abhí to, unto; against /Sanskrit
ápi unto, on, to, thereto /Sanskrit
abból
{az "that" + ból "from"} from/of that, therefrom /HungarianUralic
With abból, ebből the z of the demonstrative pronoun assimilates with the b- of the suffix.
Afro-Asiatic
ebol out, forth /Coptic Egyptian [cgj]
bal, bol outside; (of time) out of, beyond /Coptic Egyptian [cgj]
addig
{az "that" + -ig} until then; as far as that; till, until; as far as that; up to that time /HungarianUralic
Hungarian suffix -ig expresses
(a) adverb of place -> it denotes "termination of something"
(b) time -> it expresses (i) a point or (ii) duration of time.
Hungarian adverb addig is formed from 'demonstrative pronoun' a(z) that + -ig
Hungarian adverb eddig is formed from 'demonstrative pronoun' e(z) this + -ig
Afro-Asiatic/Semitic
adi as far as, until, (in adi muh#h#i) until /Akkadian [oi3]
`d until, even /Phœnician [cgj]
’ade up to, until /Ugaritic
Dravidian
tanaka, tanka, anaka upto that measure; till, until, as far as (Kannad.a); danake, da_ka_, da_ke (Telugu); tane (Malayalam); tan-ai quantity, number, measure (Tamil.)(Kannad.a lex.) cf. tan-ai a particle denoting quantity and time-limit (Ta.)(DEDR 3147) [sk]
Indo-European
Anatolian
dde- A, de- B (up to, until) /Lycian [cb]
Romance
ădhū
c of time, hitherto, till now; till then; still, even now /Latinc.f. Latin hūc with the Hungarian suffix -ig
ata prep. (Arab. hatta) until; ata que until./Old Spanish [osr]
até till /Portuguese
Indo-Iranian
tak up to, so long as (Nepa_li, Bengali, Or.iya_); tak till, as much as (Hindi_); tuvak, ta_k, tuva_k so many, so much (Old Sinhalese); ta_k, tek till, as far as (Sinhalese) [sk]
Uralic
arra, erre /Hungarian
the z of the demonstrative pronoun assimilates with the r- of the suffix.
iránt, irány-á-ba(n) towards /Hungarian
One official source thinks Hungarian iránt derives from FU.
*ar3, *ur3 (Proto Ugric) [Chong]
Another source thinks the origin derives from a fossilized root ir- [Chong]
rea 'to, towards, onto' /Old Hungarian from 1055 AD [bl]
The oldest and longest piece of Magyar comes from 1055 AD, from the Royal Chart of the Tihany Abbey which reads
feheruuaru | rea | meneh | hodu | utu | rea
whitecastle | to | go, travel | military | road, way | to, unto, on
It is curiously still understandable to a modern Hungarian and today would be written as
Fehérvárra menô hadútra meaning ' To the military way going to White Castle'
rá 'to, towards, onto' /Modern Hungarian
rea /Székely Hungarian (Transylvania)
One official source thinks Hungarian rá derives from FU.
? *rang3 (Proto Ugric)
r^ngx@ outside, without (Nether Konda Man's'i); r^ngokÅ aside, laterally, on one side, sideways; etc. (Pelymka Man's'i); rang outside, without; rangk‹à· aside, laterally, on one side, sideways; etc. (Tavda Man's'i) [Chong]
Another source says rá derives from an earlier *ro¥- which could be related either to the (Man's'i) words listed here or to those related to Hungarian rokon "kin", etc. [Chong]
Yukaghir [emas]
A small group of transitive verbs are built from intransitive stems by an applicative-like derivation, i.e., the derived transitive verb signifies essentially the same action as the basic intransitive, but this action is construed as directed towards a specific endpoint, for example :-
ørn'e-ri- `shout to somebody'
køt'egej-re- `rush towards something'
Sumerian
ra(-g/h) prep., dative suffix - for - denotes the animate being towards whom or in favor of whom an action is done. [jh]
ri demonstrative affix, that, those; regarding that (where the reference is to something outside the view of the speaker - over yonder). [jh]
Afro-Asiatic
r (prep.) from, to, at, concerning /Egyptian [cgj]
erat "to"; ero for, to, as regards to /Coptic Egyptian [cgj]
Ainu
orun to {directed towards} [sm]
Altaic
-ri, -ru directional suffix /Turkish
Basque
ara (B,G); hara (L,U) there (indicating direction, towards)
-ra suffix "to"; -rantz suffix "towards"
Etruscan
-eri, -ri gerundive suffix, postposition "for, for the sake of" [az96, mp68: 400]
locative, instrumentive suffix [mp68: 396]
-tra "toward" [az96]
Indo-European
Celtic
ri to, against /Gaelic, re /Irish, ri, fri /Old Irish [mcb]
Classical Armenian [cao]
arr preposition; arr to, toward (a person); beside; in the time of; in addition to
Anatolian
-tar "locatival" particle /Cuneiform Luvian Lexicon [hcm1]
Indo-Iranian/Iranian/Avestan
raa- ('toward the speaker') /Pashto [tr]
Sino-Tibetan/Tamangic
Nar-Phu [mn0]
-re dative, locative
The Nar-Phu language is a member of the Tamangic group [along with Chantyal, Gurung, Manangba, Tamang, and Thakali]. There are a number of phonological and lexical differences between the dialects of Nar and Phu.
Nar-Phu is overwhelmingly suffixing and agglutinative. The only prefix is negative a- : a-câ-w ‘don’t eat it!’.
Chantyal [mn1]
dative
-ra
locative
-ri
Chantyal is overwhelmingly suffixing and agglutinative. There are only two sorts of native prefixes: the negative prefixes a- and tha- on verbs and adjectives, and the deictic prefixes yi- ‘this’, ħª- ‘that’, and wu- ‘yonder’. A small number of prefixes may be found with Nepali borrowings, but these are not productive in Chantyal.
ide
, itt(en) here; in this place /HungarianUralic
Hungarian az and related ott "that, there"; onnan "from that" officially derive from FU. [Chong]
a-, ata (Komi, Udmurt); u- (Mari); o (Mordvin)
Hungarian ez and related itt "here", ide "hither", innen "from here", így "so", ilyen "such as this" officially derive from FU [Chong]
[? *e this (Proto FU); et that (conjunction), egä, iga every (Estonian); e- in että that (conjunction) (Finnish); âttì that (conjunction) (Lappish)] / [? it now, in just now; this (Khanty); e-: sy this, that, eta this, edz'i so (Komi); e-: emb& if, when, ese that one, esë there (inessive), estë from there (elative), es't'a so, es't'amo such, ete this; i-: is't'a so, is't'amo such (Mordvin)]
[? eke, eko this, this here, eo' hither (En'ec'); iid@ that one there (Kamas)]
Hurrian-Urartian [ryan]
edia there
Ainu [sm]
otta in, at {postposition}
Burushaski [dg]
to - there; it - over there
tóla - thither; íta - to over there
tólum - from there; ítum - from over there
Dravidian [sk]
a_da that place, there (Telugu); atan there; adar.in therefrom (Naikri); atala yonder (Kuwi); a- that over there (Kui); atala yonder (Kuwi); a- that most remote; asan, hasan there, thither; ayya_, hayya_ there, in that place (Kur.ux) (DEDR 1)
Indo-European
Celtic
Gaelic ud yon, yonder, Irish úd, Early Irish út; for sud (sút), q.v. For loss of s, cf. the article [mcb]
Anatolian
[-tta] "locatival" particle /Cuneiform Luvian lexicon [hcm1]
Functionally = Hittite -kan. = Lycian -te and Palaic -tta. [hcm1]
Indo-Iranian
Iranian
idha here, now /Avestan
adda (adv.) there /Baluchi [mab]
oda (adv.) over there /Baluchi [mab]
yda (adv.) here /Baluchi [mab]
e-dem this way, hither /Baluchi [mab]
Indo-Aryan
adás (pron.) yon, yonder, that, that there /Sanskrit
idám (adv.) now; here /Sanskrit
Mayan
Chorti [cw]
ta '(locative and instrumental particle)'
Ulwa
âduh (interj.) here! [ud]
iduh (interj.) there! [ud]
így
in this way; like this /Hungarian {/gy/ like palatised /d'/}Uralic
Hungarian így is seen as being related to Hungarian ez "this", itt "here", ide "hither", innen "from here", ilyen "such as this" and officially deriving from FU [Chong]
[? *e this (Proto FU); et that (conjunction), egä, iga every (Estonian); e- in että that (conjunction) (Finnish); âttì that (conjunction) (Lappish)] / [? it now, in just now; this (Khanty); e-: sy this, that, eta this, edz'i so (Komi); e-: emb& if, when, ese that one, esë there (inessive), estë from there (elative), es't'a so, es't'amo such, ete this; i-: is't'a so, is't'amo such (Mordvin)]
[? eke, eko this, this here, eo' hither (En'ec'); iid@ that one there (Kamas)]
One expert source sees Hungarian úgy as derived from a FU root. [Chong]
Another expert source sees úgy as related to Hungarian az "that" (see above)
{/gy/ like palatised /d'/}
Altaic
Turkic
îdi thus, in such a way /Khakas [kl]
(idä RI:1506 Sagay, edäy RI:848, edii RI:854 Sagay, Koybal, Kacha); îdi dee, îdök tee so, as it is; îdi tee çaxsï it is good as it is; ediibä, pidiibä, qaydiiba? RI:854 like this, like that or otherwise?; edäy keräk, çaqsï RI:849 that's right, good!. [kl]
Tungus
uttu thus, in this manner /Manchu [as]
Dravidian
at.t.e_ in that manner; at.u, at.ula, at.ulu, at.t.ulu, at.lu thus (Telugu); dahun, daun, duhun in this manner (Bra_hui_)(DEDR 1) [sk]
Indo-European
Italic
íta (adv. used with adjs. and advs.) so, thus /Latin
Indo-Iranian
íti in this way, thus, so /Sanskrit
itthā' (Vedic only) and, itthám (adv.) in this way; so /Sanskrit
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benn(e)
{bent} inside, within /HungarianAfro-Asiatic/Semitic
byn p /Aramaic [cal]
1 passim between, among
2 Palestinian in
3 Palestinian whether...or
bynt p /Aramaic [cal]
1 Syr between
LS2 68 s.v. byny
LS2 v baynAt > byn
beyn among, between (Old Testament Strong No: 0997) /Aramaic
Indo-European/Italic/Latin
Penātes
gods of the Roman household, gods of the interior < penes (root pen-) inside, in the interior of [ep: 480]Interesting, though we would need leading Latin /p/ to become leading /b/ in Hungarian instead of /f/.
-cska, -cske
litlle, small {diminutive suffix} /HungarianBasque
-ska small, little {diminutive suffix}
-xka small, little {diminutive suffix}
-ka, -ke
little {diminutive suffix} /HungarianBasque
-ko little
Caucasian
*k.A> a suffix(diminutive or singulative) /North Caucasian [ss]
*-Vk. /Nakh [ss]
*-k.V a diminutive suffix /Andian [ss]
-k.o /Avar [ss]
*-k:(a) a diminutive suffix /Lezghian [ss]
-g / -k /Lezghi; -g /Tabasaran; -g /Rutul; -ng /Kryz; -ng /Budukh [ss]
*k.@ a morpheme denoting singularity /Abkhaz-Adyghe [ss]
-k.(@) /Abkhaz; -k.(@) /Abaza; -k./(@) /Ubykh [ss]
Indo-European/Germanic
see similar German -chen little.small
Quechua
-cha little,small,few {diminutive suffix} [q2]
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-d
possessive suffix (2nd. person singular) meaning "thy, your" /HungarianUralic
In Hungarian conversation this is used between close friends, family and so on. It is insulting to be this familiar with one's elders or strangers. (This occurs in several unrelated languages.)
Words ending in a Vowel :-
Words ending in a short vowel -a, -e are lengthened into -á-, -é- before the above suffix. However, long ó changes to short a while long ő changes to short e.
Words ending in a Consonant :-
Add the following suffixes subject to vowel harmony -od, -ad -ed, -öd
For example, ház-ad "Thy, your house" /Hungarian
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
at /Persian (Farsi) [fjs]
The affix pronoun of the second person singular to a word ending in mute he;
as khana-at, Thy house
de
but, yet, however /HungarianUralic
da and, but /Erzya; tõ but /Vaddja [fv]
Hungarian de is of unknown origin. [Chong]
Altaic
Turkic
çe but /Khakas [kl]
Indo-European
Germanic
thô, dô, av. and cj. then, therefore, but, whilst; thôde = thô + de weakened form of thâr. /OHG; thoh, doh, av. and cj. yet, also, however, although. /Old High German
Slavic
te and, also, besides, then /Serbo-Croatian
Indo-Iranian/Indo-Aryan
tú but, on the other hand /Sanskrit
-é
possession suffix 'of' /HungarianUralic
-n genitive singular; -in, -en, -den, -ten, or -tten genitive plural /Finnish
-n genitive suffix /Karelian
-é possession suffix 'of' /Hungarian
-i plural possessive suffix /Hungarian
-né suffix meaning 'wife of' /Hungarian (????)
Note that the Hungarian suffix -é is not a genitival ending, as the ordinary genitive construct does not exist in Hungarian. It is defined by the technical term of the "anaphora possessiva" suffix (where 'anaphora' means 'a carrying back').
Sumerian
-na genitive suffix [jh]
Altaic
Turkic
-in genitive suffix 'of' /Turkish
-nin after vowels (subject to vowel harmony, of course!)
Tungus
Manchu [as]
i genitive particle
ni genitive case marker (after -ng)
-ni (Sibe) instrumental/genitive case marker
Jurchen [jl]
-i genitive case (attached to a noun ending in a vowel)
-ni genitive case (front verb vowel stem)
An extinct language, related to Manchu. It was spoken by the Nuzhen people [source]
Basque [lt3]
-
en genitive suffix 'of'The case-suffix <-en> in the modern Basque appears as <-e> in personal pronouns and in a few other seemingly fossilized forms; this <-e> appears to be an old genitive suffix.
Dravidian/Brahui [sva]
The genitive singular is formed by adding the termination -nâ to the singular stem of the substantive: lumma - lummanâ (mother).
The genitive plural is formed by adding the termination -â to the plural stem of the substantive, which is obtained by changing the plural suffix -k into -t: lumma - lummaghâk - lummaghâtâ.
Etruscan [lb]
-na suffix of possession or reference - creates an adjective for example,
aisna, eisna 'pertaining to god', 'divine'
śuthina 'of or pertaining to the tomb' < śuthi 'tomb'
Indo-European
Celtic/Gaulish (?)
-i genitive suffix
Italic
-i genitive suffix /Latin
-is genitive suffix /Latin
Slavic [sgt]
-a genitive singular /Russian
-u the so-called `second genitive' suffix /Russian
The two suffixes are functionally distinguished: the `second genitive' is a partitive, and the original genitive is used for other typically genitive functions (possessive, etc.). So, for instance, čaška čaj-u `cup of tea' (lit. `cup tea-PARTITIVE') is contrasted with cena čaj-a `price of tea' (lit. `price tea-GEN').
Indo-Iranian/Iranian
-(y)e is used in the possessive construction (ezafe) /Persian [ucla, km]
For example, ketab-(y)e "book of"
This morpheme is usually an unwritten vowel, but it could also have an orthographic realization in certain phonological environments. The role of the ezafe is to mark nominal determination and it indicates nothing as to the nature of the semantic relation between the linked elements. In most cases, this relation can be translated as a genitive (or possessive) structure. [km]
Sino-Tibetan/Tamangic
Nar-Phu [mn]
-(y)e, -i genitive
-nê independent genitive
The Nar-Phu language is a member of the Tamangic group [along with Chantyal, Gurung, Manangba, Tamang, and Thakali]. There are a number of phonological and lexical differences between the dialects of Nar and Phu.
Nar-Phu is overwhelmingly suffixing and agglutinative. The only prefix is negative a- : a-câ-w ‘don’t eat it!’.
Andamanese/South [nb]
-a genitive suffix /Onge
The Andamanese language family is spoken by the indigenous population on the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. Today only three tribes remain - the Onge, the Jarawa and the Sentinelese together numbering only a few hundred individuals.
Trans-New Guinea [ecq]
-na 1s.genitive after dorsals; -ŋa in all other environments /Awara
Awara is a Papuan language of the Trans-New Guinea phylum, Finisterre-Huon Stock, Wantoat Family
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Group marker
-ék
suffix /HungarianUralic
Hungarian suffix -ék when
1) attached to names of persons and professions denotes somebody's family and corresponds with the English suffix -s;
2) can be added to other words (not only persons) to denote a group
Basque
-ok suffix used with articles and nouns to express being part of a group
Burushaski
-ek suffix is added to the singular or plural of the word to form the group plural (also called ‘double plural’) [dg]
Plural marker
-k
suffix to denote plurality /HungarianUralic
guolek (plur.) fish /Lapp
"The 2Psg suffix -k of the Lapp conjugation belongs here, too, thus the derivation of -k from the common Finnic form -t is absurd". [Künnap]
halak (plur.) fish /Hungarian
The plural marker -k is the exception rather than the rule in the Uralic family. It apparently only occurs in Hungarian and Lapp. [see Künnap]
(I) Plural of Nouns in Hungarian
(a) Elision
(i) in a few bisyllabic nouns the second vowel is dropped in the plural for example, torony 'tower' -> tornyok 'towers'
(ii) in words ending in the suffix -alom, -elem the second vowel (of the suffix) is dropped in the plural.
(b) Shortening
A few words with a long vowel in the final syllable shorten it in the plural case, e.g. egér 'mouse' -> egerek 'mice'
(II) Adjectives in Hungarian
(a) Front Vowel Adjectives
The linking vowel before the plural suffix -k is always -e-
kék 'blue' -> kékek 'blues'
(b) Back Vowel Adjectives
The linking vowel before the plural suffix -k is always -a- with a few exceptions.
piros 'red' -> pirosak 'reds'
Some exceptions include nagyok, boldogok etc.
Austro-Asiatic/Munda,South
-ki plural suffix /Kharia [mw3]
Iberian (?)
The "primary" suffix -k-, seems to have been a pluralizing suffix. [jrr1]
Basque
-ak suffix expresses the plural of the definite article
Dravidian [sva]
In Brahui, the plural can be formed by adding suffixes -k, -âk and -âsk to the singular form.
Etruscan
-cva suffix formed a so-called 'collective adjective' [lb]
Indo-European
Classical Armenian [cao]
-k' plural suffix
duk' -- pronoun; nominative plural of <du> thou -- Ye; nok'a -- pronoun; nominative plural of <na> he, she, it -- they; ordik' -- noun; nominative plural of <ordi> son -- the children; vardzk' -- noun; nominative plural of <vardz> reward -- rewards
Indo-Iranian/Iranian [fjs]
-ha the plural termination, formerly mostly of things inanimate, as sang "a stone," sang-ha "stones," while the plural of animated beings was generally (not exclusively) formed by -an, as adami "man," pl. adamiyan "men, mankind." In modern Persian, however, the ending -ha has almost entirely superseded -an both for inanimated and animated beings. /Persian
Na-Dene
Athabaskan-Eyak
Dakelh (Carrier) [yd]
-ke suffix is the plural marker for a smaller number of nouns; (this is the usual way of marking the plural of kinship terms)
-ne suffix is the most common plural marker
Algic/Algonquian
Cree [gn]
-(w)ak suffix expresses the plural
e.g. sisip duck; sisipak. ducks
atim dog; atimwak dogs
Ojibwe [ob]
the plural suffix for animate nouns always ends with -g
the plural suffix for inanimate nouns always ends with -n
Potawatomi [pl1]
the plural suffix of animate nouns always end in -k
the plural suffix for inanimate nouns always ends with -n
Duality
két, kettő
two (a pair); ketten two, the two of us; together /HungarianUralic
*-kè(-) meaning "dual" in Proto Uralic [lc]
later becomes plural for Hungarian, két two (things)) but also in most Uralic languages for two.
*kakte- (Proto Uralic) [Chong]
kydy two /Mator; kavto two /Erzya [fv]
kaksi (Finnish); kät, katn (Khanty); kyk (Komi, Udmurt) [Chong]
Basque
kide (C) member,colleague, fellow,associate
-kide (C) suffix signifying companionship
kidego (C) companion; kidetu (C) (vi) to be similar, be alike, resemble; to pair (up)
Altaic
*ke/t`o (~k`-, g-, -o-,-t-) similar /Altaic [ss]
*ka>\th- to be similar, resemble /Korean [ss]
kat(h)- /Modern Korean; ka>\th-, ka>/t- /Middle Korean
*k@/t@/ resemblance, similarly /Japanese [ss]
koto, RJ -go/to/ku /Old Japanese; -gotoku /Tokyo [ss]
Turkic
go∫a two, a pair /Turkmen [glnp]
katmar two together (Kyrgyz - -mar is a suffix); katmär double (Osman) / qatîn repeatedly (Old Turkic) / xat double (Sakha) [Chong]
Tungus
katak companion (-k is a suffix); katlin in tandem (-lin is a suffix) (Ewen) [Chong]
Yukaghir [emas]
ki- 'two'
Caucasian
*q.Hwa": two /North Caucasian [ss]
*k.i- two /Andian [ss]
k.i-go /Avar; ĉ.e-gu /Andi; k.e-da /Akhvakh; eĉ.i-da /Chamalal; k./e-ja /Tindi; k.e-da /Karata; k.e-da /Botlikh; k./e-ra /Bagvalal; k./e-da /Godoberi [ss]
*q.w|y-nV A two /Tsezian [ss]
q.Iano /Tsezi; q.ono /Ginukh; q.Iw|ene /Khvarshi; q.Iune /Inkhokvari; q.ona /Bezhita; q.anu /Gunzib [ss]
k.i=a two /Lak [ss]
*k.w|i two /Dargwa [ss]
k.e-l /Akusha; ĉ.w|a-l /Chiragh [ss]
*q.Iw|a" two /Lezghian [ss]
q.w|e-d /Lezghi; q.Iu /Tabasaran; q.Iu-d /Agul; q.Iw|ad /Rutul; q.Io-lla" /Tsakhur; q.w|ad /Kryz; q.a-b /Budukh; q.Iw|e /Archi; p:aI /Udi [ss]
k.u two /Khinalug [ss]
*tqI:/w|A two /Abkhaz-Adyghe [ss]
?|w|-ba/ Abkhaz; ?|w|-ba Abaza; t.w|@ Adyghe; t.w|@ Circassian; t.q.w|a Ubykh [ss]
Indo-European
Italic
-que suffix represents the so-called enclitic conjunction "and" /Latin
repeated as -que....-que means 'both....and" /Latin
Committing heresy by including this suffix here for comparison!
Chukchee-Kamchatkan (?)
*quli another (другой) /Proto Chukchee-Kamchatkan [ss: PN287]
*quli , *quttą another, the second (другой, второй) /Proto Chukchee-Koryak [ss: PN723]
qul(i), quttą-
/Chukchee; qu*qula /Proto Itelmen [ss: PN292]
qula, Poss. qula(n) another (другой) /Sedank dialect; kalo-tumx (< kola-) vicinus /West Itelmen [ss]
Niger-Congo (?)
xaaj (v.) to divide, separate; xaaji (v.) to divide; xaajo (n.) part,portion /Wollof [pc2]
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el-
prefix meaning "away, off" /HungarianUralic
Official source says this is related to Hungarian elő 'front'
*eð away, exit /Proto Ugric [Chong]
eeln far /Man's'i [Chong]
Sumerian
ul remote, distant (in time); ancient, enduring [jh]
Afro-Asiatic
`l from /Phœnician [cgj]
Altaic
Turkic
al=
to take, to receive, to get, to acquire; to buy; to deduct (arithmetic) /Khakas [kl]![]()
Pronouns
én
I; enyém my, mine /HungarianUralic
Hungarian én is 'possibly' of FU origin. [Chong]
*men
I /UralicHungarian ön is a very respectful form of address.
Officially, it ultimately derives from õ "he, she" [Chong]
Niger-Congo (?)
n (spn) I /Mandinka [pc1]
Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
anāku
I /Akkadian [oi3]Egyptian
ink I /Old Egyptian [cgj]
ang, anok I /Coptic Egyptian [cgj]
Cognate Set <Dolgopol'skij (1973) , p. 133 #1> [oi4]
Cushitic
Bedawiye, Beja
ani I (Bedawiye, Beja)
Agaw
an I /Awngi; an /Bilin; an /Qwara; an /Kemant; an /Xamir; an /Xamat
Cushitic, East
ani I /Alaba; a'ni /Burji; anu /Saho; anu /Afar; an ani- ani-ga /Somali; ani /Rendille; ani ana /Bayso; ani /Oromo; ane, ani /Sidamo; ani /Kambata; ani /Hadiyya
Cushitic, South
ana, an I /Alagwa; an(a) /Burunge; ani /Gorowa; an(i) anin~ /Iraqw
Semitic
?'an-ii I /Proto Semitic
Ainu
an I, we [sm]
en I [sm]
Basque
ni I; ene my; enegana to me
Caucasian
*ny> I (1st pers. pronoun) /North Caucasian [ss]
na I (1st p.pr.) /Lak [ss]
*nu I 1 we 2 /Dargwa [ss]
nu 1, nu-ŝa 2 /Akusha; nus:a 2 /Chiragh [ss]
Dravidian
enu
I /Telugu; än /Kannad.a; yan, nan /Tamil; ñan /Malayam [fh]Indo-European/Celtic
-unan self /Breton [gp]
Muskogean/Eastern
ana I, me, my Var: ina /Alabama [tm]
Sino-Tibetan
*n|a:- I, we /Sino-Tibetan [ss]
Chinese "I, we, my, our"
wo 3 Modern (Beijing) < n|a^/ Middle Chinese < n|ha:j? Old Chinese
n|a I, we, n|an we (C), n|ed I, we, (d)n|os I, we, self. /Tibetan; n|a I, LB *n|a. Burmese; n|ai1 I. Kachin; n|ei self, KC *n|ei. Lushei; ka> I Lepcha [ss]
*?o\n| I /Kiranti [ss]
un| Kaling; an| Dumi [ss]
ő
he, she; ők they /HungarianUralic
hen
(s)he /Estonian, Latvian, Vaadja [Chong]Sumerian
ene he, she, en lord [fh16]
Elamite
i, in "him, her, it" [oi2]
Ainu
ani he, she {from an-i} [sm]
oka(i) they [sm]
Altaic
an, o he, she, it /Turkish
o
(s)he /Azeri, Turkish; u (s)he /Uzbek [Chong]Etruscan
an "he, she"; in "it"
Indo-European
Celtic
è he, it /Gaelic, é /Irish [mcb]
i she /Gaelic; í, sí /Irish; í, hí, sí /Old Irish; hi /Welsh, Breton [mcb]
Anatolian
a- he /Luwian; a-, e- /Hittite [cb]
Armenian
en
/Old Armenian - Dorosmai [Chong]Indo-Iranian
o (Z. ava, C. awa) he, she, it /Persian [fjs]
a that, those; he, she, it, they /Baluchi [mab]
Niger-Congo (?)
a (spn) he, it, she, him, her /Mandinka [pc1]
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fel,
föl up; above; fel-felé upwards /HungarianUralic
Official source says that fel, föl derive from föl "skimmings" which is of F-U origin. [Chong]
*p8"l3 (Proto Ugric) [Chong]
Etruscan
falatu, fala sky
The Etruscan 'falatu' is a reconstructed word from ancient sources
-gat, -get
frequentive formative suffix which denotes that the action is continued for an extended period of time with or without interruption. /HungarianUralic
Also c.f. Hungarian suffixes -kod, -ked, -köd; -koz, -kez, -köz which form the so-called reflexive verbs most often from active verbs /Hungarian
These create verbs describing the action of the agent (usually one's self). The reflexive verb is always intransitive and nearly always ends with an -ik suffix (the so-called -ik verbs).
Basque
-keta 1) search; 2) large amount of; 3) activity; 4) season, weather 5) competition
Chukchee-Kamchatkan (??)
*-cit- mutual action (обоюдное действие) /Proto Chukchee-Koryak [ss: PN233]
-cit- /Chukchee; -cit- /Koryak; -cit- /Alutor [ss]
ha
if; when /HungarianUralic
One official source says Hungarian ha is derived from a F-U root. [Chong]
Another source says it is possibly related to hogy "how". [Chong]
{Hungarian /gy/ like palatised /d'/}
-ko interrogative suffix /Vaddja [fv]
Etruscan
ic, ix and [pa]; as, how, if, like [az96, mp68, pa, dep]
ic, ich, ichnac how [lb]
ica, ika this [lb]
Etruscan /c/ like /k/ while /x/ like aspirated /k/
Indo-European/Indo-Iranian/Iranian
Avestan
ke, ka if; or /Pashto [tr]
Baluchi
∂g∂ if [mab]
Yuki
-ha (?), -?a(?) interrogative suffix [y84]
Altaic/Tungus
-o interrogative suffix /Manchu [as]
há-ny
(há = interrogative) how many? /HungarianUralic
*nk
? Uralic pluralnk, k
Hungarian pluralahány (rel. pron.) as many /Hungarian
{/a-/ prefix forms rel. pronouns from int. pronouns.}
annyi as much as /Hungarian
{Hungarian /ny/ similar to Basque or Spanish /ñ/}
Sumerian
ene
Sumerian pluralAltaic/Khakas
änjä so much as {I:747 Sagay dialect} [kl]
Basque
ain (B,G) (adv.) "so"; hain (L,LN,Z,U) (adv.) so; so much; such; hoin (L,LN,Z)
aina (B,G) (adv.) as much as; haina (conj.) as much as
Indo-European/Slavic
onoliko as much, so much, as many, so many /Serbo-Croatian
Yuki
haymas, hain-mas how (much or many) [y84]
hogy
how, that /Hungarian {/gy/ same as palatised /d'/}Uralic
hotj (conj) although /Vaddja [fv]
hog how; that /Old Hungarian {12th. Century} [gzb1]
hoģ how; that /Old Hungarian (16th. Century) [bm]
Origin of Hungarian hogy is FU. [Chong]
*ku where /Proto FU [Chong]
kuze how (Mari); koda how (Mordvin) [Chong]
kõda' how; koj@t what kind of... (Kamas); hunc'er' how; hun'angy which (N'en'ec'); kutar how (Šölqup) [Chong]
{Hungarian /gy/ like palatised /d'/}
Yukaghir [emas]
quode 'how?'
Niger-Congo (?)
kaatu (conj) because /Mandinka [pc1]
Indo-European
Classical Greek [lsj1]
hôs (relat. and interrog.), how
hôs (conjunction) with Substantive clauses, to express a fact, = hoti, that.
Italic/Latin
ŭt (or ŭti)
(1) with indic. verb how (interrog. and exclam.)
(2) with subjunctive: in indirect question, how etc.
quod (conj.) the fact that, whereas; because; etc; quŏt (indecl.) how many
Anatolian
kuit (conj.) because, since /Hittite [ho]
kot 'how' /Lydian [cb2]
{IE *kw- (interrogative pronoun stem), Hittite kuwat (how)}[cb2]
Indo-Iranian
kathám [Vedic kathā'] (interr. adv.) how?, in what way? /Sanskrit
hol
where? /HungarianUralic
Hungarian hol and hova are officially derived from FU. [Chong]
*ku where /Proto FU [Chong]
Yukaghir [emas]
qol- where?
hova
whither?, where to? /HungarianUralic
Hungarian hova and hol are officially derived from FU. [Chong]
*ku where /Proto FU [Chong]
Afro-Asiatic
Cognate Set <Sasse (1983) , p. 262 #> [oi4]
Cushitic, East
haba'lla where /Burji
ha'ba where /Darasa
Altaic/Tungus
aba where? /Manchu [as]
ai ba where? /Manchu [as]
ya ba, yaba where? what place?; yabade where? to what place? /Manchu [as]
Indo-European
Italic/Latin
ubi
(1) rel. adv. and conj., where, when
(2) interrog. adv. and conj., where?
Indo-Iranian
kvà, [Vedic kúa], (adv.) where? whither? /Sanskrit
-i
suffix 'from' used with families named after towns and places /HungarianUralic
In Hungarian, family or surnames tend to be listed before first names. The family name is used as an adjective describing which person one is referring to.
In old documents the place of origin of a person was also added before the family name! The place name suffixed with -i is another adjective to define which family one is referring to.
For example, Borsodi Forgács Péter means "Péter of the Forgács family in or from the county of Borsod". It is possible to have a family name which is also the place name (of origin) as for example, Szegedi Mária. In Mária's case her surname means "of or from the city of Szeged".
Compare the similar Iranian suffix -i in the example below.
Ainu
i suffix used with "place" meaning "where" or "time" meaning "when". [sm]
Etruscan
-i suffix used with towns named after families [lrp 57]
Indo-European
Celtic
o from /Gaelic, ó /Irish, ó, ua (hó, hua) /Old Irish [mcb]
Indo-Iranian/Iranian/Persian (Farsi) [fjs]
bafaqi "Of or born in Bafaq"
babili "Of or belonging to Babylon"; etc.
ilyen
, olyan such, of this kind, so, like this, that; ilyesmi like this /HungarianBasque
olako (B,G) that kind of
olan (B) adv. like this, so, like so, in this manner, like that, thus
olantxe (B) in this way, just so
Dravidian
oran.ai pair (S.I.I. ii,226)(Tamil.lex.) ol, olu, o_l, o_lu, po_l, ho_l, pol, polu likeness, correspondence, equality; like, as; as if; so that; o_rage similarity; ore id. (Kannad.a)(Ka.lex.) po_l (po_lv-, po_n-r--) to resemble, be like, similar, equal, match; a particle of comparison (also po_la); po_li person or thing that is equal, similarity, likeness, pretence, hypocrisy; po_limai similarity (Tamil); po_luka to resemble; po_la, po_l, po_le_ like (Malayalam); po_lke, po_lve resemblance; po_lisu to cause to resemble, compare; pol to be fit or proper; excel; o_l(u), ol(u), vo_l, vol(u) likeness, equality (Kannad.a); po.le like (Kod.agu); po_lu to resemble; be, exist, be good, beautiful, agreeable or well, be fit, proper, be possible; n. beauty, agreeableness, fitness, propriety (Telugu); po_lika, po_like, po_lki resemblance; po_l(u)cu to compare, liken, recognize, identify; po_ni resembling, similar, like; bo~_t.i id., equal; po~_d.i beauty, elegance (Telugu.); bo_l-e_r to resemble (Gadba); poli'nai to compare (Kuwi)(DEDR 4597).
ho_like, po_lke, ho_luvike, ho_luve, ho_luvike resemblance, similitutde, likeness (Kannad.a); ho_l, po_l, ho_lu to be like, resemble (Kannad.a.lex.); po_l to resemble; to be like; similar (Kur-al., 1071); to equal, match (Tamil); a particle of comparison (Kur-al., 118); po_lu (Telugu); po_l (Kannad.a); po_luga (Malayalam); ho_lu (Tulu); po_la a particle of comparison (Toll. Po. 291); po_li similarity (Tol. Po. 300, Urai.)(Tamil.lex.) [sk]
innen
from here; from this place /HungarianAfro-Asiatic/Semitic
ina in, by, from /Akkadian [oi3]
Hurrian-Urartian
in-ani from this; from here [ryan]
Ainu
hunak(ka) where [sm]
Altaic/Japanese
Japanese innen can be used to form such concepts as "cause; providence; causality; karma[-relation]; fatality; fate; destiny; affinity; connection; origin; history"
Basque
honen adj./pron. (genit.) of this, of this one; adv. so, such; adv. at such and such a time;
honi adj./pron. (dat.) to this; to this one;
onen adj./pron. (genit.) of this; of this one
Dravidian
ongân from that direction /Brahui
ini hereafter, from here onwards (of place) /Tamil [bur]
ini henceforth, yet, still, more /Malayaman [bur]
ïn other; hereafter /Toda [bur]
inu, innu still, yet, moreover, hence, hereafter /Kannad.a [bur]
iññi hereafter; again /Kod.agu [bur]
Indo-European
Celtic
? nunn over, beyond /Gaelic, Irish anonn, Old L. inunn; from the prep. an (see a) and sund, here ("from here"), Welsh hwnt, Breton hont: (so-u-to-s), this. The pronominal forms beginning in so and to, or s and t without o, are all from the roots so and to ultimately [from mcb]
Germanic
heonon from here [ws]; hence [sc1] /Old English
hwonan (hwanan) adv where from; whence [sc1] /Old English
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Interrogative Pronoun
ki
who /HungarianUralic
Hungarian ki is officially of FU origin.
*ken (Proto Uralic) [Chong]
kes (Estonian); ken (Finnish); kin (Komi, Udmurt); gi (Lappish); ke (Mari); ki (Mordvin) [Chong]
Niger-Congo (?)
gu (rp) which, who, whom /Wollof [pc2]
Altaic
*k`a(j) who, interrogative pronoun /Altaic [ss]
*kem, *Ka- 1 who 2 which /Turkic [ss]
kim 1, qaju 2 /Old Turkic; kim 1 /Turkish; kem 1 /Tatar; kim 1 /Azeri; kim 1 /Turkmen; kam 1 /Chuvash; kim 1 /Yakut [ss]
*ken, *ka- who /Mongolian [ss]
*xia (*xai) 1 what 2 who /Tungus [ss]
*ka interrogative particle /Korean [ss]
-ka,-ga Modern Korean; -ka Middle Korean [ss]
*ka interrogative particle /Japanese [ss]
-ka /Old Japanese; -ka /Tokyo [ss]
Caucasian
*kwi who, which (interrogative pronoun) /North Caucasian [ss]
*kV- interrogative stem /Andian [ss]
ki- /Avar [ss]
cu-ku-n-s:a which /Lak [ss]
*kV- where /Dargwa [ss]
ka-la /Chiragh [ss]
*kw|i who /Lezghian [ss]
kw|i Archi [ss]
kla who /Khinalug [ss]
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Iranian
ci, ki who, what, which /Avestan
k∂y (interr ) who? /Baluchi [mab]
ky conj that (conj.), as, who, which /Baluchi [mab]
Indo-Aryan
ká who /Sanskrit
Pronominal Possessive
kié
whose /HungarianUralic
kenen whose /Finnish; kelle whose /Estonian
Hungarian kié is formed from the Interrogative Pronoun ki 'who' + the Possession suffix -é and sounds almost like KEEYEH
Altaic/Turkish
kimin whose
Indo-European
Albanian
i/e kujt? whose
Romance
cūius (quoius) -a -um
'whose?' /Latincuyo -a whose /Old Spanish [osr]
cuyo 'whose' /Spanish
Slavic
чей, чья, чьё, чьи
(poss. pronoun) whose /Russianchej, ch'ya, ch'ё, ch'i
whose /Russiančyj
whose /Belarusчий, чия, чие, чии
whose /Bulgarchij, chiia, chie, chii whose /Bulgar
"cija, "cije, "ciji, koga, koje whose /Serbo-Croatian
jehož, čí, koho, kterého, jejíž, jejichž, jejíchž
whose /Chehčí, ktorého, koho
whose /Slovakkura, kuru, ka /Latvian
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köz-
common, shared; public; "together with" /HungarianUralic
*kite, kiteppe central /Proto FU [Chong]
köˆt interspace; (the) middle /Khanty; kwät'l middle /Man's'i [Chong]
kooza (adv.) together, jointly; kooza (prp.) together (+com) /Vaddja [fv]
köz-igaz-gat-ás administration; local government; köz-jog common law /Hungarian
köz-kincs public property; köz-rend public order /Hungarian
köz-társaság republic; common wealth /Hungarian
közön-ség public; audience; közön-es common; general; usual /Hungarian
közös common, national közös-ség community /Hungarian
közép middle, centre /Hungarian
Altaic
kozoru to bring together /Japanese
kozotte in a body; en masse; as one man; unanimously; as a unit; solidly /Japanese
Basque
-gaz 'with' comitative suffix found in the Bizkaian dialect in the west /Basque
"Interestingly, the Bizkaian dialect in the west has the quite different comitative suffix <-gaz>, which behaves in an anomalous way among case-suffixes and looks very much like a formerly independent element which has been abruptly glued onto a preceding noun phrase with no case-marking. The origin of this is unknown, but it seems to contain the suffix <-z> (phonetic [-s]). This thing is today the ordinary instrumental suffix in all varieties, but, in early Basque, it appears in a variety of forms in which it arguably has a comitative function. Some of us therefore suspect -- but cannot demonstrate -- that this <-z> was once the ordinary comitative suffix, but that it has become specialized as an instrumental with the rise of the new comitative formations." [lt3]
Etruscan
ceus "family, companion" [az96]
ceusn "family, community" [az96]
< *kiw-is [az96]
cisuita, cisvita "belonging to the clan, community" [az96]
cisum "(part) of the family" [az96]
Indo-European/Anatolian
kTTãna, kTTa (A) relatives /Lycian [cb]
mag-a
you, self; mag-án (-ember) private (person); mag-ány solitude; lonely /HungarianUralic
Some think these Hungarian words may be linked to mag "seed". [Chong]
Altaic
migara one's person /Japanese
waga my; our; one’s own; wagami oneself; myself /Japanese
Muskogean/Eastern
machánhkàssi to be by himself/herself/itself, single /Alabama [tm]
"Similar", but note the etymology of this {ma- /chánhka-osi-hchi} [tm]
mellé, mellett
beside, next to; mellék by; secondary /HungarianDravidian
mala other, next, second (in compounds., e.g. mala-tande step-father, malacu_lu second pregnancy, second child) /Kannad.a; malu next, second /Telugu; mar.u another, other, next (Tamil, Malayalam, Kannad.a); mar id. (Kota) [sk]
mi
we /HungarianUralic
*m8" (Proto FU) [Chong]
müü (prn.) we /Vaddja [fv]
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian/Iranian
ma we /Baluchi [mab]
má pro. we, plural of man /(Northern) Baluchi [mld]
Yuki
mi· , me· we (inclusive agent) [y84]
mi
, mit what? /HungarianUralic
mi (prn.) what (inter.); mid (prn.) what (pl. inter.) /Vaddja [fv]
mihee (adv.) why /Vaddja [fv]
millin (prn.) what kind (inter.) /Vaddja [fv]
minee (adv.) what for /Vaddja [fv]
me (prn.) what /Erzya [fv]
Afro-Asiatic
Egyptian
m who, what /Old Egyptian [cgj]
Semitic
mз which, what, who (rel. pronouns) /Phœnician [cgj]
Cognate Set <Newman et al. (1966) , #117> [oi4]
Chadic
m@ni what? /Bata; mi-ge /Masa (Banana); midi /Gidar; mee, mii /Hausa; mira /Margi; ma /Musgu; ni /Ngamo; n@m /Tera; me /Angas; mini /Buduma
mint
like, than /HungarianUralic
ma¥nit like... (Man's'i) [Chong]
minta approximate (Nganasan) [Chong]
Officially, Hungarian mint is derived from mi "what". [Chong]
Sumerian
àm who, which, what; (same) as, like (in scholarly lists). [jh]
Altaic
Turkic
monand like... (Turkish, Uzbek) [Chong]
mondïx such, so, thus, like this /Khakas [kl]
Niger-Congo (?)
munta (adv) look, looklike /Mandinka [pc1]
Muskogean/Eastern (??)
mìnta 1. another, other, else, different one, another one; 2. to be different (from before), be otherwise, be another /Alabama [tm]
möge
, mögött behind; mögül from behind /HungarianUralic
*müngä rear (Proto FU) [Chong]
Ainu
maka backwards [sm]
Sino-Tibetan
*no>k / *no>n| back /Sino-Tibetan [ss]
nog cervical vertebra; hump of a camel. /Tibetan [ss]
nauk space behind, LB *snukx; @hnaun|? the back of a knife, hnaun|h be after (in time), posterior. /Burmese [ss]
hnun| the back /Lushei [ss]
Caucasian
*=Vq_V behind /North Caucasian [ss]
*-Vq:(i) 1 behind 2 locative suffix /Andian [ss]
na/q:a 1, -q: 2 /Avar
The initial nasal in Avar (n- or m- in different dialects) is not quite clear etymologically. The original meaning of the morpheme ('behind') is preserved when it functions as an adverb; but as a locative suffix it had early (as early as Proto-Av.-And.) merged with another morpheme, PEC *-q._V (q.v.) and thus acquired a new meaning 'at, by, close to'. [ss]
*mo>GwV (~-a":-) back; body /North Caucasian [ss]
*miG|w|V(-l) back /Andian [ss]
muG| Avar; miG|ul Andi; muG|ul Karata; muG|ul Bagvalal; muG|ul Godoberi [ss]
*mo|G|:u (~-x|-) body /Tsezian [ss]
maG|o Bezhita; mo|G|u Gunzib [ss]
Dravidian
*magVd.- to turn /Dravidian [ss]
mugud.a to turn back (Tulu.lex.); magur..cu to cause the face to go or turn backwards; to turn away, to avert /Kannad.a; magacu, magucu, magur..cu, mogacu, mogucu to turn round; to return; to turn upside down (Kannad.a lex.) magud.u to turn round /Telugu; …… [sk]
-og
verbal suffix "do, make" /HungarianUralic
-kk
/Uralic [fh16]also see Hungarian akar "wish,desire, etc."
Sumerian
-ag, -ak
verbal prefix to do, make [hh96]Austric
aga work, to work, to make, to build. O te Atua i aga ai i te ragi, i te henua God make heaven and earth. /Rapanui [anon]
/g/ represents the sound /ng/ as in English <sing> [anon]
Austro-Asiatic
ika, acika, arika permissive or causative affix: senikaime let him go; send him (Mun.d.a_ri) (Mun.d.a_ri lex.) [sk]
Afro-Asiatic
Cognate Set <Dolgopol'skij (1973) , p. 131 #2> [oi4]
Cushitic, Agaw
ag- ag*- be /Kemant; ag- ak- /Xamta; ax- *P /Awngi; ag*- be(come) /Bilin; ag*- ay- be /Qwara; ag*- /Xamir
Cushitic, East
ah- be /Somali; ih- become /Burji; ik- /Sidamo; ik- /Darasa; ik- /Kambata; ik- /Alaba; ik- Hadiyya
Altaic
*uč`e
reason /Altaic [ss]*üč-ün
because of, for the sake of /TurcCaucasian
*=Ho>q.E: to do, make; to be, become /North Caucasian [ss]
*=o|q- B 1 to become; to be born 2 to grow /Tsezian [ss]
=oqI- 1 /Tsezi; =u"q- 1 /Ginukh; eqq- /Khvarshi; =eqIw|- 1, l-eqw|- 2 /Inkhokvari; =aq- 1 /Bezhita; =o|q- 1 /Gunzib [ss]
*=a(r)q.- / *=i(r)q.- to do, to make /Dargwa [ss]
=arq.- / =irq.- /Chiragh [ss]
*?aq.a- to do, to make /Lezghian [ss]
aq.- /Agul [ss]
q.i to be, to become /Khinalug [ss]
*q/:Ia 1 to be 2 to have /Abkhaz-Adyghe [ss]
a/-q.a-la-ra 1 /Abkhaz; a-?a-z-la-ra 1 /Abaza; -?a- 1,2 /Adyghe; -?a- 1,2 /Circassian; q.a-G|- 2 /Ubykh [ss]
Dravidian
a_kku (a_kki-) to effect, make, cause to be, create, arrange; creation; a_kkam creation, increase, prosperity; a_kkan- that which is artificial; a_kkiyo_n- creator, author of a book; a_kkum perhaps, indeed; a_ka completely, in that fashion, adverbial suffix /Tamil; a_kuka to be that, become that, be what it ought to be, to be right, be possible; a_kkuka to make to be that; place, put, employ; a_kkikka to cause to make; a_kkam what one puts, contentment, strength, continuance; a_ka altogether, being, so as to be /Malayalam; a.g- (a.y-/a.n-; some forms from a.-; gerunds a.r.y, a.t.y) to become; a.k- (a.yk-) to make to become, prepare (Ko.); a_gu (a_n-, a_y-, etc.), agu (rare) to come into existence, happen, become, prove, to be, be, etc.; n. becoming, coming to pass; a_gisu to cause to become, bring about, perform; a_guvike, a_guha becoming, happening, etc.; -a_gi adverbial suffix; a_m. interj. of assent of recollection /Kannad.a [sk]
a_kka to cause (Tamil) (Mun.d.a_ri lex.) [sk]
(1) Indo-European
Indo-Iranian/Iranian [ak1]
Balochi suffix -ag
It seems that the popular Old Iranian suffix -aka- which in Iranian languages could be attached to any noun without noticeable change of meaning comes out as Balochi -ag
The infinitive in most Balochi dialects also shows this suffix which is attached to the present stem, e.g. kan-ag "to do", war-ag "to eat".
(2) Indo-European
Reconstruction
*ag'- 'to do, to lead' /Proto IE [cb]
Italic
actud, acum to do /Oscan [cb]
agere to do /Latin [cb]
saj-át
own {-in person, etc.} /HungarianUralic
Hungarian origin unknown. [Chong]
Sino-Tibetan
*s/@j private, oneself /Sino-Tibetan [ss]
Chinese "be private; sister's husband" [ss]
si 1 /Modern (Beijing) < sji /Middle Chinese < s@j /Old Chinese [ss]
s/e, s/e-dag, s/a-sdag for oneself only, only, privately /Tibetan [ss]
sok
many, much, a lot; sok-szor often; many times /HungarianUralic
tsek, cok, sok, sau
/Ugor; tšek thick /FU Z; čoka thick /FU Ch [hh96]Sumerian
súb, súg, su8 , said of two or more, such as a herd [jh]
Niger-Congo (?)
sako (adv) much more /Mandinka [pc1]
Afro-Asiatic
šgy many /Phœnician [cgj]
Sino-Tibetan
*cho:k crowd, group, clan /Sino-Tibetan [ss]
Meaning "clan, family; clansmen, troops belonging to a clan"
zu 2 /Modern (Beijing) < z|uk /Middle Chinese < z|(h)o:k /Old Chinese
tō.c /Vietnamese
chogs an assemblage of men, ãchogs (p., i. chogs) to assemble, gather, meet. /Tibetan [ss]
(?) sak2 to crowd; to fill by urging or pressing /Kachin [ss]
*c/o>k ( ~ z|/-) enough, sufficient /Sino-Tibetan [ss]
Altaic
*č`ák`o
many/Altaic [ss]chōka
excess /Japaneseçuk-
la much, many /Chuvash; çok much, many /Turkic [hh96]Caucasian
*ĉ.H@qwV big /North Caucasian [ss]
*-iĉ.ux|a (~-q-) 1 big 2 large, big (adv.) 3 high, tall /Andian [ss]
ĉ.ah_a/- 2 /Avar; -eĉ.ux|a 1 /Andi; hiĉ.ux|a-b (Anch) 1 /Karata;
-eĉ.ux|a 1 /Botlikh; -eĉ.ux|a 1 /Godoberi [ss]
ĉ.aI-u-s:a many /Lak [ss]
*ĉaqw|- high /Dargwa [ss]
ĉaqw|-ze /Chiragh [ss]
*ĉ.ax|V (~-a"-) 1 big 2 large, massive /Lezghian [ss]
ĉ.ex|i 1 /Lezghi; ĉ.atx|u 2 /Tabasaran [ss]
*ĉw|@x|w|a 1 big 2 strong /Abkhaz-Adyghe [ss]
-ŝxw|a 1 /Adyghe; -ŝxw|a 1 /Circassian; ŝx|w|a 2 /Ubykh [ss]
Ulwa
sikka a. (sisikka) big; huge; great [ud]
-t, -tt
suffix used to express the past tense /HungarianUralic
Modern Hungarian has only one past tense. There is no (plu)perfect nor imperfect which are expressed by that one tense. For example
ül sit; ült sat
mond say; mondott said
Indo-European
Germanic
English has a 'similar' mechanism for expressing the past tense where the root remains unchanged in order to form the past tense; for example
play; play-ed
kill; kill-ed
Indo-Iranian/Iranian [ak2]
Balochi past stem which ends in -t
simple past (e.g. gušt "said"), past subjunctive (bu-gut-ēn- "should have said"), and also encompass the tenses formed from the perfect stem (ending in -t-ag- if a suffix follows, otherwise in -t-a), i.e. present perfect (gušt-a "has said"), past perfect (gut-a bīt-a / gušt-ag-at / gut-ag-ā "had said").
után
after /HungarianSumerian
-a-ta after [jh]
Altaic
otte later on; afterwards; soon after /Japanese
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian/Indo-Aryan
Sanskrit udán; further [from mcb: uisg, uisge]
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