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Southern Altai
Etymology
From *yalqag(u) (“lazy”), from the verbal stem yalq- (“to be annoyed, to have had enough of sth., to loath, be disgusted”).
Cognate with Kazakh жалқау (jalqau),
Kyrgyz жалкоо (jalkoo),
Bashkir ялҡау (yalqaw),
Uzbek yalqov,
Uyghur يالقاۋ (yalqaw),
Tuvan чалгаа (çalgaa, “lazy”), etc.
Adjective
јалку • (ǰalku)
- lazy
References
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “јалку”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN