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** cf. Mongolic ''bülegen'' - warm (liquid) | ** cf. Mongolic ''bülegen'' - warm (liquid) | ||
* tataal - complicated, complex | * tataal - complicated, complex | ||
+ | * jupun/jupunu - simple, light/thin (about clothes) | ||
+ | ** cf. Old Turkic ''yupqa/yuvqa/yuvğa/yuqa'' (kg. juqa) - thin | ||
+ | ** cf. Mongolic ''jöb-xön'' - simple (← jöb - correct) | ||
=== Verbs === | === Verbs === |
Revision as of 20:23, 20 July 2014
This page is here to collect words which do not seem to go back to Old Turkic and do not obviously come from a major contact language.
Contents
Kazakh words
- ayna - mirror
- awdar- - flip over, translate
- deŋgey - level
- qarmaq - fishing pole (cf. Kyrgyz qarma- below)
- şeşe - mother
Kyrgyz words
See also Kyrgyz words of Persian origin without Tajik cognates.
Nouns
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Adjectives and Adverbs
Verbs
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Proposed etymologies
Words on the above lists for which potential etymologies are discovered should be moved here.
- Ky. köynök, Kk. köylek, etc. "shirt" appears to be from Turkic köŋil "shirt" +AK
- Ky. kelesoo "crazy/stupid", related to Persian kal(l)a "head" + Turkic soo "healthy/sober" ?