Yakut

edit

Etymology

edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare албаа (albaa, to flatter, to coax), as well as Kazakh албасты (albasty, devil, demon).

Noun

edit

албас (albas)

  1. cunning, trick, ruse
    See synonyms at албын (albın).
    албаска түбэсalbaska tübesto fall for the bait