qorğağusı

Salar

Alternative forms

• qorğığusı, qorqğusı

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kork-. Cognate to Turkish korkmak, Southern Altai коркыыр (korkïïr), Kyrgyz коркуу (korkuu), etc.

Pronunciation

• (Chahandusi, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [χorʁɑ]
• (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [χorʁu]
• (Hanbahe, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [χorχ], [χorɢɑː]
• (Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [xorɨhɑ]
• (Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [χorɢɨ]

Verb

qorğağusı

1. to fear

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “χorɣa-”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 550
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “qorğağusı”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 115