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Studies about Old Turkic inscriptions proceed rapidly today. The approach to the inscriptions should now be more detailed in new research. There are still problems with Turkish translating the inscriptions. Detailed explanations should be made on each word for correct understanding of the sentences in the Old Turkic inscriptions. With this thought in mind, we decided to focus on the meaning of anča in published Turkish editions until now. Until today, no other meaning of anča has been noticed in Turkish editions except 'so'. Until today, only the meaning of 'so, thus' was only registered in Turkish editions. Taking into account Uighur use, I also think that anča has three different functions and meanings in the Old Turkic inscriptions: 1. as an adverb in the meaning of 'so, such as'; 2. as an adverb with the meanings of 'many, fast'; 3. as an adjective in the sense of 'many'. In three great Old Turkic inscriptions I think a different Turkish translate of anča. I believe that Turkish editions of ancient Turkish inscriptions should take account of the fact that anča has meanings such as 'so, like this', as well as 'many, fast'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The lexicalization is a way of word formation in Turkish. This process is considered as 'adoption into the lexicon' and 'falling outside the productive rules of grammar'. Lexicalized words differ from words with productive suffixes, so lexicalized words have petrified or frozen suffixes. The frozen suffixes are very important on account of etymological explanations. Frozen is different from word formation. Frozen suffix does not carry any living formation function. There is a specific joining here. The word yapa is not found in Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen, Drevnetyurkskiy Slovar, An Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Thirteenth Century and Old Turkic Word Formation. The correct first determination about the meaning of yapa was made in the Insadi-Sūtra. However, there is no explanation about the structure and origins of yapa. Old Turkic yapa is derived from yap- 'to cover (all); to stick (all) together' by frozen vowel converb suffix -A. Old Turkic yapa must be inserted to forthcoming Old Turkic dictionaries. Thus a new word in Old Turkic will be discovered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]