чок

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yōk (“is not; there is not”).

Adjective

чок • (čok)

1. there is no (Kumandy)

Alternative forms

• тьок (tʹok)

References

N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “чок”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN

Tuvan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yōk (“is not; there is not”). Cognate with Khakas чох (çox), Yakut суох (suoq), Kazakh жоқ (joq), Turkish yok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɔq]

Verb

чок • (çok)

1. there is not

Particle

чок • (çok)

1. no, nay

See also

• ийе (iye, “yes”)
• бар (bar, “there is”)
• эвес (eves, “is not”)