Homeric-words-with-a-possible-Turkic-etymology-Letters-L-M-N

Homeric words with a possible Türkic etymology

Letters L & M & N

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Homeric word	meaning	Türkic word	meaning	other info
λαμπρός	bright, brilliant, shining	yal-	to shine, to burn	>yalın/yalım
λα_ός	people, host, esp. army; sometimes crew, crews, Od. 14.248;	ulus/ulul	country, city	Proto Altaic ­ p ̔ulu (~-o) (?) possessions, estate: Turk. *ulu-ĺ; Kor. *pùrr.
Λέλεγες	a piratical tribe on the south and west coast of Asia Minor (no Greeks)	PTurk. *[j]eglek stork (аист): Tur. leglek; Az. läjläk.	Modern Turkish: leylek: stork	a tribe totem animal?
λευγαλέος	mournful, miserable.	agla/yigla	to cry, to mourn
λιαρός	warm, lukewarm	ılı-	warm, to be warm	>ılık: lukewarm
λίθαξ (a version of lithos and λιθάς)	stone	taş	stone
λιμός	hunger, famine	öl-	to die > ölüm: death	Proto Altaic ŏli ( ~ -e) to die; to be hungry, exhausted: Tung. *(x)olbu-; Mong. *öl-; Turk. *öl-.
λιπαρο - πλόκαμος	with shining locks or braids	bölük	divided	<böl- to divide : braid: divided hair?
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μαῖα	in addressing the old nurse, ‘good mother,’ ‘aunty,’ Od. 20.129, Od. 23.11.	eme	female	me woman, female: Tung. *emV; Mong. *eme; Turk. *eme; Jpn. *mía; Kor. *ámh.
μαζός	nipple, pap, then mother's breast.	PTurk. *um-, *um-sa- 1 to hope for 2 to envy 3 an object of hope, desire; hope	Uzb. um- 1 (dial. Khorazm.), umsun- ‘to experience a flow of milk in one’s breast and a desire to feed a baby	Mong. *ama-, *amsa-, *amta 1 mouth 2 to taste 3 taste
μέλι , ιτος:	honey; used even as a drink, mixed with wine; burned upon the funeral-pyre, Il. 23.170, Od. 24.68; mixed with milk in drink-offerings, μελίκρητον. Figuratively, Il. 1.249, Il. 18.109.	bal	honey
μέσσ-αυλος	mid-court, court, farmyard, Il. 17.112; cattle-yard, Il. 11.548.	aġıl	cattle yard, fenced area
μεσσο - παγής	fixed up to the middle	ba-/bağ-	to bind, to fasten; rope
μηλέη (μῆλον)	apple-tree	almila/alma/elma	apple
μηλο-βοτήρ	(BOTIR) shepherd	baatur	hero
μυῖα	fly, house-fly or horse-fly; as symbol of audacity, Il. 17.570. (Il.)	PTurk. *bAŋɨŕ (~-s) gad-fly (овод): Khak. mās; Shr. mās; Oyr. paas ‘gad-fly’ (Leb.), maŋɣɨs ‘locust’ (Oyr.); Tv. mãas; Tof. mās.	?
μῶλυ	moly, an herb given by Hermes to Odysseus to afford protection against the spells of Circe, Od. 10.305†, described v. 304.	Kumlak: hop	word was borrowed into Mari umla, Hung. komló and Slav. xъmelь
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νέατος, νείατος(νέος)	newest	yeni/yani	new
νεη-γενής	new-born	yeni/yani	new
νε-ηκής , ές (ἀκή)	freshly whetted, Il. 13.391 and Il. 16.484., newly sharpened	kes-	to cut	„yeni-kes“
νεό - δαρτος	newly-flayed	deri	skin	Chuv. tar, tẹr (NW); Yak. tir-it- ‘to sweat’.
νέφος , εος:	cloud			Proto Altaic niābo ( ~ -o-) storm, natural disaster: Tung. *ńō[be]-kte; Mong. *nöɣe-le-; Turk. *jubug ( ~ *jabug); Jpn. *nàw(u)í.
νηγάτεος	doubtful word, new-made, Il. 2.43 and Il. 14.185.	yeni/yani	new
νόος	mind, understanding, thought	?ö (öj) öö	to think, understand
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