From: "H.M.Hubey" Subject: Re: The Bulgars are Bulgars (Re: Caucasoid Turks/Bulgars) Date: 01 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <377C36AD.C447131E@mail.montclair.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <36ca073a.16343620@news.yale.edu> <36cca3ed.14676934@news.yale.edu> <36cca75c.15555467@news.yale.edu> <36cf2980.190197920@news.yale.edu> <36dee7fa.108219411@news.yale.edu> <36e40f21.4849643@news.yale.edu> <7c6hs4$va@cpca3.uea.ac.uk> <36f6aeef.439178515@news.yale.edu> <7dajnt$ssk$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7ei51h$4m5$1@news.ox.ac.uk> <370cf95d.8677457@news.yale.edu> <7en884$1t8@cpca3.uea.ac.uk> <3712427B.DA4346AA@mbay.net> <3713a994.660219@news.yale.edu> <371BFCD7.98263C22@montclair.edu> <372220bb.143446995@news.yale.edu> <37226EDB.7038A129@montclair.edu> <7fuohl$ori@cpca3.uea.ac.uk> <372f5c62.91986990@news.yale.edu> <372f5cbe.92079743@news.yale.edu> <7gp50a$cct@cpca3.uea.ac.uk> <3734b8cd.146733852@news.yale.edu> <3736019e.9033128@news.yale.edu> <7h8v0l$fmg@cpca3.uea.ac.uk> <3741f475.95858016@news.yale.edu> <37503dc8.2473216@news.yale.edu> <375ed621.20195139@news.yale.edu> <376585fb.4456868@news.yale.edu> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com X-Trace: SF/b82+8DXEzjtAoqnEgZ88F7sSJFIun6p/VgS63AO0= Organization: Montclair State University Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: Mark.Hubey@montclair.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 2 Jul 1999 03:43:06 GMT Newsgroups: sci.lang Cluster User wrote: > > there is no problem in d-, it is archaic. danubebulghar > also has * doxtar < * dog~dar (old ch. slavonic doxtor) > "pillow", chuvash s'e~dar, s'e~tar. turkic (kashg.) has > yog~du (camel's beard - used for stuffing pillows). Now that you mention this, it is interesting that Turkic yastik (pillow) seems like it is from yatsik (from yat=lie down). That's another word to add to metathesis found in Turkic. > turkic qarIn (chuvash xIram) appears as korem (all "stomach") > in bulgarian, presumably from danubebulghar. > > >>toh (cock) tauk (bird) toh, tyuk togo (bird), but > >> also the Dargin taha. > > > >Turkic taquq means 'chicken', not 'bird' which could strengthen the > > yes. taquq, tag~uq and other variants. tauq is a common form > found in some languages and dialects. tox is found for azeri. FYI, tUk (feather) seems to be related to tauk. -- Sincerely, M. Hubey hubeyh@mail.montclair.edu http://www.csam.montclair.edu/~hubey