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кайӑк

Chuvash

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Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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кайӑк • (kajăk) (plural кайӑксем) 

  1. bird
  2. game, wild animal

Adjective

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кайӑк • (kajăk)

  1. wild

Descendants

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  • → Eastern Mari: кайык (kajyk)

References

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  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

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