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Uyghur
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kanï or *kanu.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish hani, hangi, Karakhanid قانُو (qanu), قایُو (qayu), Southern Altai кай (kay), кайы (kayï).
Pronunciation
Adverb
قېنى • (qëni)
- where
- Used when urging or pressing somebody.
- قېنى سۆزلەپ بېقىڭ ― qëni sözlep bëqing ― Come on, say something.
References
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ka:ñu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 632
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Ka-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Further reading
- Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN