𐰘𐰃𐰲𐰀
yiçä
Meaning:
as before, as previously; again
Its ending may be equative -çä, but the proposed base is otherwise unattested; its etymology remains uncertain.
Examples
Translations
German:
wie zuvor, wie früher; wieder
Russian:
как прежде, по-прежнему; снова
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
əvvəlki kimi
Turkish (Türkiye):
eskisi gibi, önceden olduğu gibi
Bibliography 1
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Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkishp. 882b, s.v. yiçe: (complete entry)p. 882b, s.v. yiçe: (complete entry)
PU(?D) yiçe: (or eyiçe:) n.o.a.b.; the meaning which suits the contexts best is ‘as before, as previously’ which suggests that it is an Equative f. in -çe:, but there is no other trace of *yi: or *eyi:. Türkü viii (my father died and my uncle became xağan) éçim xağan olurupan Türkü bodunığ yiçe: étdi: (II adds yiçe: igit(t)i:) ‘when my uncle ascended the throne as xağan he organized the Türkü people as before (and fed them as before)’ I E 16, II E 14: Uyğ. viii (I told them to follow and left them; they did not come) yiçe: értim Burğu:da: yétdim ‘I reached them as before and caught up with them at Burğu:’ Şu. E 2–3; yiçe: işig küçig bérgil ‘give me your services as before’ do. E 5.
