𐰋𐰃𐰔
biz
Meaning:
we
Besides serving as the subject, it can follow a predicate as a first-person plural copular element. Subject and predicate-final uses may occur together in the same sentence.
Examples
Translations
German:
wir
Russian:
мы
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
biz
Turkish (Türkiye):
biz
Bibliography 5
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Hendrik Boeschoten (2022) A dictionary of early middle Turkicp. 87b, s.v. biz¹ (complete entry)p. 87b, s.v. biz¹ (complete entry)
biz¹ ‘we’ (g.) | [gen.] biziñ (QT1–3, GUL, CC) / bizniñ (QT3, ON, CCa) / bizim (CCb, BM, GUL) | [acc.] bizni (g.) / biziñni (CCa) | [dat.] bizkä (QT1, QT3) / bizgä (MM, GUL, ON, CC, TZ) / bizä (MM, GU) / biziñkä (QT3) | [loc.] bizindä (QT3) | [loc./abl.] bizdä (g.); bizdä burun ‘before us’ (QT3) | [abl.] bizdin (g.) / bizdän (GUL, CCa, TZ, GUL) / biziñdin (QT1, QT3) | [pl.] bizlär (g.) -
Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğüp. 182b, s.v. biziŋä (complete entry)p. 182a, s.v. 1 biz (complete entry and subentries)p. 182b, s.v. biziŋä (complete entry)
biziŋä (→ ¹biz; Dat.) uns || bize p. 182a, s.v. 1 biz (complete entry and subentries)¹biz wir || biz biz äkün wir beide || biz ikimiz biz kamagun wir alle || biz hepimiz biz kamıg wir alle || biz hepimiz -
Sergei Starostin, Anna Dybo, Oleg Mudrak (2003) Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languagespp. 341–342, s.v. *bĭ, “I, 1st person pronoun” (complete containing entry)pp. 341–342, s.v. *bĭ, “I, 1st person pronoun” (complete containing entry)
*bĭ I, 1st person pronoun: Tung. *bi; *bue, *mü-n-; Mong. *bi, *min-; *ba, *man-; Turk. *bẹ-; Jpn. *bà-; Kor. *úrí. PTung. *bi; *bue, *mü-n- 1 I 2 we (1 я 2 мы): Evk. bi 1; bu, mit 2; Evn. bi 1; bu, mut 2; Neg. bi 1; bu, bitta / butta 2; Man. bi 1; be, muse 2; SMan. bī 1 (2869); bō 2 (2871), mesə 2 (2872); Jurch. mi-n (853) 1; Ul. bi 1; bū, bue 2; Ork. bi 1; bu 2; Nan. mi, dial. bi 1; bū, bue 2; Orch. bi 1; bu, biti 2; Ud. bi 1; bu, minti 2; Sol. bi 1; bū, miti 2. ◊ ТМС 1,79: *bi ‘I’, 98: *bue ‘we (excl.)’, 539: *mü-n- ‘we (incl)’. PMong. *bi, *min-; *ba, *man- 1 I 2 we (1 я 2 мы): MMong. bi, mino (gen.) (HY 31, SH), bi, m[e]ni (gen.) (IM), bi, minu, mini (gen.) (MA) 1; bida (HY 31), ba, mano (HYt, SH), ba, man- (IM) 2 etc.; WMong. bi, minu (gen.) 1; bide, ba, man- 2; Kh. bi, minij (gen.) 1; bid, ba, man- 2; Bur. bi, menī (gen.) 1; man- 2; Kalm. bi, minɛ (gen.) 1; bid(n̩), man- 2; Ord. bi, mini (gen.) 1; man- 2; Mog. bi ‘I’, nami, name, mini (gen), bidä, mōn- ‘we’; ZM bi (26-2), mennɛi (gen.) (26-10a); Dag. bī, minī (gen.) 1; bed, bā, mān- 2 (Тод. Даг. 123, 125, 126, 154); Dong. bi, mini (gen.) 1; biǯien, ma- 2; Bao. be, mene (gen.) 1; bede, man- 2; S.-Yugh. bə; Mongr. bu (SM 30), muni (gen.), ndā (D) (SM 247, 260) 1; buda (SM 30) 2. ◊ KW 44, MGCD 151. PTurk. *bẹ- 1 I 2 (*bi-ŕ) we (1 я 2 (*bi-ŕ) мы): OTurk. ben 1 (Orkh., Yen., OUygh.), men 1 (OUygh.), biz 2 (Orkh., Yen., OUygh.); Karakh. men 1 (MK, KB), biz 2 (MK, KB); Tur. ben 1, biz 2; Gag. ben 1, bis 2; Az. män 1, biz 2; Turkm. men 1, bīz 2; Sal. mē(n) 1, pise(r) 2 (ССЯ 128); Khal. män 1, biz 2; MTurk. ben 1 (Abush.), biz 2 (Abush.); Uzb. men 1, biz 2; Uygh. män 1, biz 2; Krm. men 1, biz 2; Tat. min 1, bez 2; Bashk. min 1, beδ 2; Kirgh. men 1, miz 2; Kaz. min 1, biz 2; KBalk. men 1, miz 2; KKalp. men 1, biz 2; Kum. men 1, biz 2; Nogh. men 1, biz 2; SUygh. men 1, pɨz 2; Khak. min 1, pəs 2; Shr. men 1, pis 2; Oyr. men 1, mis 2; Tv. men 1, bis 2; Tof. men 1, bi’s 2; Chuv. e-bə 1, e-bər 2; Yak. min 1, bihigi 2 (Poss.); Dolg. min 1, bihigi 2. ◊ EDT 346 (*bẹ-n), 388 (*biŕ), ЭСТЯ 2, 129-130, VEWT 77, 333, Stachowski 60, 179. PJpn. *bà- I, we (я, мы): OJpn. wa-; MJpn. wàré, wátákúsí; Tok. wàtashi; Kyo. wàte; Kag. ói. ◊ The form watakusi is regarded by Mochizuki 1971 as *wa-tu-(a)ku si ‘my place direc- tion’, and by Martin (JLTT 569) as *ba-tukusi ‘exhaust me’ or ‘I exhaust’. Rising accent in wátákúsí is unclear. PKor. *úrí we (мы): MKor. úrí; Mod. uri. ◊ Nam 389, KED 1238. ‖ EAS 79, Владимирцов 357, ОСНЯ 2, 55-56, 63-66, JOAL 157, АПиПЯЯ 57, 68, 104-105, 276. An alternation *bi / *mi-ne- (sing.) ; *ba / *mi̯u-n- (plur.) should be reconstructed. Korean has undergone an irregular (dialectal) loss of *b- (*úrí < *bú-rí). -
Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkishpp. 388a–b, s.v. biz (complete entry)pp. 388a–b, s.v. biz (complete entry)
biz 1st Pers. Plur. Pronoun, ‘we’. C.i.a.p.a.l. Two usages can be distinguished (1) as Subject of the sentence, in which case it comes at or near the beginning of the sentence, and, if followed by a Verb in the 1st Pers. Plur., is really superfluous; (2) like ol, q.v., as a sort of copula, in which case it comes at the end of the sentence following the Predicate, which it links to the Subject. This Subject is sometimes also biz. Türkü viii xağan at bunta: biz bértimiz ‘we gave him hereupon the title of xağan’ I E 20, II E 17; biz az ertimiz ‘we were few’ II E 32; kaltaçı: biz özçe: taşın tutmış teg biz ‘we shall remain (unable to move); we are, so to speak, held closely(?) by a stone’ T 13; and many o.o. esp. in oblique cases: viii ff. Man. biz arığ biz ‘we are pure’ TT II 6, 2: Uyğ. viii ff. Bud. (if there have been no evil deeds) kim biz kılmadımız ‘which we have not done’ TT IV 6, 23–4; biz followed by two P.N.s do. VII 40, 7; a.o.o.: Civ. biz, esp. followed by two or more P.N.s is common in USp.: Xak. xi biz a Particle (ḥarf) meaning naḥnu ‘we’; one says biz keldimiz ‘we have come’ Kaş. I 325; many o.o.: xiii(?) Tef. biz is common as Subject of the sentence and in oblique cases; there is a curious form in the phr. biz ol miz ‘it is we’ (who receive the inheritance) 100: xiv Muh. bi:z naḥnu is given as an example of a word in which the yā’ is pronounced as in Ar. Mel. 5, 17; Rif. 76; a.o. 12, 8; 86: Çağ. xv ff. biz (1) mā ‘we’, in Ar. naḥnu; (2) at the end of the sentence as a copula with the same meaning (quotn.) San. 146r. 24; a.o. 15v. 2: Xwar. xiv biz ‘we’ Qutb (not indexed); MN passim: Kom. xiv biz and oblique cases CCI, CCG; Gr.: Kip. xiii biz ‘we’ Hou. 50, 9; oblique cases 52, 10 ff.: xiv biz naḥnu, also called miz Id. 30; a.o. do. 36 (under ben); naḥnu biz Bul. 16, 6; ma‘anā bizim bile: do. 14, 4: xv bizni: etc. Kav. 32, 11; 45, 6 ff.; in a list of Pronouns Tuh. 39b. 11 ff. -
M Räsänen, I Kecskeméti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachenp. 77a, s.v. biz (complete entry)p. 77a, s.v. biz (complete entry)
biz ’wir’: atü. uig čag. usw. biz, mtü. miz, biz, trkm. biδ, kzk. kaz. usw. bəz, bšk. bəδ, tob. usw. bəs, oir. usw. pis, hak. pīs, čuv. ɛ-ʙir MTS 11
