Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *Kạl(ï)- (to rise). Cognate with Kazakh қалқу (qalqu), Kyrgyz калкуу (kalkuu), Kumyk къалкъмакъ (qalqmaq), Azerbaijani qalxmaq, Turkish kalkmak, Uzbek qalqmoq, etc.

Verb

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калыыр (kalïïr)

  1. to jump
  2. to rise

References

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  • Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “калыыр”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN
  • Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (1997) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, pages 224, 225 pages