See also: киҫеү

Bashkir

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *keč- (to pass through; put one's feet in water; walk through water).[1]

Cognate with Yakut кэс (kes, to ford), Chuvash каҫ (kaś, to pass).

Verb

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кисеү (kisew)

  1. to put one's feet in water
  2. to ford; walk/pass through water

Etymology 2

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Кисеү.

From Proto-Turkic *kečig (ford), action noun of the verb in Etymology 1.

Cognate with: Old Uyghur [script needed] (kečüg, ford);[2] Tatar кичү (kiçü), Kazakh кешу (keşu), Kyrgyz кечүү (kecüü), Southern Altai кечӱ (kečü), Uzbek kechuv, kechik, Uyghur كېچىك (këchik), Khakas кичіг (kiçìg), Tuvan кежиг (kejig, ford), Chuvash каҫӑ (kaś̬ă, ford).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kʲiˈsɪ̞w]
  • Hyphenation: ки‧сеү

Noun

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кисеү (kisew)

  1. ford, a river crossing; a location where a river is shallow so it is possible to cross it walking or riding an animal or vehicle
    Үрге кисеү һайыраҡ.
    Ürge kisew hayıraq.
    The upstream ford is shallower.
    Барғанда кисеүҙән сыҡҡайным, ҡайтыштай урап күперҙән үттем.
    Barğanda kisewźən sıqqaynım, qaytıştay urap küperźən üttem.
    On my way there, I crossed (the river) at the ford; when returning, I made a detour and passed through the bridge.
Declension
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References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*geč-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 292