Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kičük/-g (small, little). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰏 (kičig), Karakhanid [script needed] (kičüg), Bashkir кесе (kese), Tatar кече (keçe), Azerbaijani kiçik, Turkish küçük. Turkmen kiçi, Kazakh кіші (kışı), Kyrgyz кичүү (kicüü), Crimean Tatar kiçik, Kumyk гиччи (giççi), Uzbek kichik, Khakas кічіг (kìçìg), Shor кичиг (small), Western Yugur kičig, etc.

Adjective

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кичӱ (kičü)

  1. small

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