көҥөө

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Etymology

Most likely related to Proto-Turkic *güni (“envy, jealousy”), probably a verb *günü- (“to be jealous, to envy”).

Verb

көҥөө (köñöö)

  1. (intransitive) (with abl.) to jealously guard, to protect
    чыычаах оҕотун көҥүүрcııcaaq oğotun köñüürthe bird jealously guards the chick
    See synonyms at манаа (manaa).
    Synonym: иҥсэр (iñser, to covet)

Derived terms

References

Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*güni”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill