туулу

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tāg, equivalent to туу (tuu, “mountain”) +‎ -лу (-lu, ornative suffix). Cognate with Kyrgyz тоолуу (tooluu), Kazakh таулы (tauly), Karachay-Balkar таулу (taulu), Kumyk тавлу (tawlu), Bashkir таулы (tawlı), Tatar таулы (tawlı), Azerbaijani dağlı, Turkish dağlı, Shor тағлығ, Khakas тағлығ (tağlığ), Tuvan даглыг (daglıg), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuː.lu/

Adjective

туулу • (tuulu) (ornative)

1. mountainous