kmy

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kēmi (ship). Cognate with Turkish gemi, Uzbek kema, Kazakh кеме (keme), Tuvan хеме (xeme).

Noun

kmy (kémi)

  1. ship, boat
    • 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, XVII
      t’lym p’lyx ’wdwx ’rk’n s’xl’nm’dyn twş’r ’’lxwny kmy pyrl’ synkwrwr
      talïm balïq oduɣ erken saqlanmatïn tušar alqunï kémi birle siŋürür
      While the predator fish (Makara) is awake, if one unexpectedly encounters it, it will swallow everyone together with the ship.

References
  • Hamilton, James (2020) Korkut, Ece, Birkan, İsmet, transl., Budacı İyi Kalpli ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası - Prens Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara Hikâyesi (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kemi:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 721
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