кӱӱ

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Southern Altai

Alternative scripts
Arabic كۇي
Cyrillic күй
Latin küi
Yañalif kyi

Etymology

From *kög (melody), from Sinitic (MC khjowk, “song”).

Cognate with Kazakh күй (küi), Old Uyghur (kög, melody); Bashkir көй (köy, melody), Kyrgyz күй (küy)/күү (küü, melody), Kumyk кюй (küy, melody), Uzbek kuy (melody), Uyghur كۇي (kuy, melody), Khakas кӧг (melody), etc.

Noun

кӱӱ (küü)

  1. melody
  2. tune

References

  • L. T. Rjumina-Syrkaševa, editor (1995), “кӱӱ”, in Teleutsko-russkij slovarʹ [Teleut–Russian Dictionary], Kemerovo: N. A. Kučigaševa, →ISBN