текә
Bashkir
Etymology
From *tik(k)ä (“steep(ly), vertical(ly)”), an adverbial form derived from Proto-Turkic *dik- (“to plant vertically”).[1]
Cognate with Kazakh тіке (tıke, “steep, vertical”), Kyrgyz тике (tike, “steeply, vertically”), Uzbek tikka (“steep, vertical”), Uyghur تىككە (tikke, “vertical”).
Also compare Azerbaijani dik (“steep”), Turkmen dik (“steep”), Kumyk тик (tik, “steep”), Uyghur تىك (tik, “vertical”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
текә • (tekə)
Adjective
текә • (tekə)
- steep
- Ниһәйәт, текә яланғас бер ҡая юлымды ҡапланы, һәм туҡтарға мәжбүр булдым.
- Nihəyət, tekə yalanğas ber qaya yulımdı qaplanı, həm tuqtarğa məjbür buldım.
- At last, a steep bald rock barred my way, and (I) had to stop.
Antonyms
- һөҙәк (höźək)
References
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dik-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill