кайӑк

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Chuvash[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kẹyik (wild animal).[1][2]

Cognate with Turkish geyik, Uzbek kiyik and Khakas киик (kiik).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

кайӑк (kajăk) (plural кайӑксем) 

  1. bird
  2. game, wild animal

Adjective[edit]

кайӑк (kajăk)

  1. wild

Descendants[edit]

  • Eastern Mari: кайык (kajyk)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “кайӑк”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume I, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, pages 212-213
  2. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “кайӑк”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 85

Further reading[edit]

  • кайӑк”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.