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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)
- (intransitive) (with abl.) to jealously guard, to protect
- чыычаах оҕотун көҥүүр ― cııcaaq oğotun köñüür ― the 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