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tepmek

tepmek

Crimean Tatar

Verb

tepmek

imperative
2nd person singular

present tense
3rd person singular

past tense
3rd person singular

past participle
adjective

infinitive or verbal noun

tep

tepe

tepti

tepken

tepmek

  1. to kick

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic tep- (to hit, kick)[1], from Proto-Turkic *tep-, *dēp- (to stamp, tramp), possibly from Proto-Altaic *t`i̯ŏ́p`é (to trample)[2].

Verb

tepmek (third-person singular simple present teper)

  1. (transitive) to kick
  2. (transitive) to tread on, trample (something)
  3. (transitive) to turn down, decline, reject (something); to throw away (an opportunity, a chance)
  4. (intransitive) (for a gun) to kick, recoil.

Synonyms

  • tekmelemek
  • geri çevirmek

Derived terms

  • tepme
  • tepi
  • tepki
  • tepik
  • tepe tepe
  • tepelemek
  • tepinmek
  • tepişmek
  • teptirmek
  • geri tepmek

Related terms

Conjugation

References

  1. "tep-" - nişanyansözlük
  2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*t`i̯ŏ́p`é”