көтөү

From Proto-Turkic *kǖd- (“to wait; to attend; to respect; to herd”).^[1]

Cognate with Old Uyghur (küt-, “to wait; to herd”);^[2] Kazakh күту (kütu, “to wait”), Kyrgyz күтүү (kütüü, “to wait; to tend to (cattle)”), Uzbek kutmoq (“to wait; to tend to (guests)”), Uyghur كۈتمەك (kütmek, “to wait”), Yakut күүт- (küüt-, “to wait”) / көһүт- (köhüt-, “to wait”), Chuvash кӗт- (kĕt-, “to wait; to herd”).

• IPA^(key): (verb stem)
• IPA^(key): (verbal noun)
• IPA^(key): (noun in the sense of 'herd, flock, group of animals')

көтөү • (kötöw) (transitive)

1. to wait, expect

   Минән хат көт.

   Minən xat köt.

   Wait for a letter from me.

   Яңы йылда һәр бала мөғжизә көтә.

   Yañı yılda hər bala möğjizə kötə.

   At New Near, each child is waiting for a miracle.

   Оҙаҡ көтөргә тура килде.

   Oźaq kötörgə tura kilde.

   Somebody (subjected omitted) had to wait long.

2. To tend to animals like sheep, cows or geese as they graze on a pasture; act as a herdsman or a shepherd

көтөү • (kötöw)

1. (action noun) waiting
2. a group of cattle or other grazing animals; herd, flock, drove

   Көтөү көнө буйы тау итәгендә йөрөнө, кисен ауылға төштө.

   Kötöw könö buyı taw itəgendə yörönö, kisen awılğa töştö.

   The herd spent the whole day on a mountain foot, and in the evening it went down to the village.

   Муса ғәләйһи-ссәләмдең көтөүендә 15 меңләгән һарыҡ булған. Кис һанаһа, бер бәрәс тулмай икән.

   Musa ğələyhi-ssələmdeñ kötöwendə 15 meñləgən harıq bulğan. Kis hanaha, ber bərəs tulmay ikən.

   There were some 15 thousand sheep in Musa's herd (peace be upon him). When he counted (the sheep once) in the evening, he found out that one lamb was missing.

3. a group of animals gathered or travelling together

• көтөүсе (kötöwse, “herdsman”)

• өйөр (öyör, “group of animals”)
• туп (tup, “flock of birds”)