𐰍𐰆
gu, gü
Meaning:
interrogative particle expecting a negative answer
The particle can follow the predicate being questioned, but it can also precede the whole clause within its scope.
Examples
Translations
German:
Fragepartikel bei erwarteter verneinender Antwort
Russian:
вопросительная частица, предполагающая отрицательный ответ
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
inkar cavabı gözlənilən sual ədatı
Turkish (Türkiye):
olumsuz cevap beklenen sorularda kullanılan soru edatı
Bibliography 1
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Marcel Erdal (2004) A Grammar of Old Turkicpp. 516–517, chapter V, complete paragraph on interrogative gUp. 349, §3.343, complete paragraph on gUpp. 516–517, chapter V, complete paragraph on interrogative gU
<p>The Orkhon Turkic interrogative particle gU signals that the speaker expects or prepares a negative answer: azu bo savïmda igid bar gu (KT S10, BQ N8) signifies ‘Or is there a lie in what I said?’; Türk matï bodun bäglär, bödkä körügmä bäglär gü yaŋïltačï siz (KT S11) ‘Oh strong (?) Turk nation and lords, oh lords who have shown allegiance till now, will you fail?’</p> p. 349, §3.343, complete paragraph on gU<p>A particle gU (otherwise known from Early Mongol) is attested twice in the Orkhon inscriptions in KT S10-11 and in a parallel text in BQ N8: In the first case it follows the predicate it queries while, in the second case, it precedes the sentence which is in its scope. gU expects negative answers; see chapter V for more details.</p>
