оок-теек

Southern Altai

Etymology

Reduplicated from оок (ook).

Cognate with Kazakh уақ-түйек (uaq-tüiek), Kyrgyz убак-түйөк (ubak-tüyök), Kumyk увакъ-тюек (uwaq-tüyek), Uyghur ئۇۋاق-تۈيەك (uwaq-tüyek), Khakas оох-теек (oox-teek), Crimean Tatar ufaq-tüfek, vaq-tüyek, Turkish ufak-tefek (“small things”), Chuvash вак-тӗвек (vak-tĕvek, “young, underage”), etc.

Adjective

оок-теек • (ook-teek)

1. small

References

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “оок-теек”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN