Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kon- (to spend a night). Cognate with Kyrgyz конуу (konuu), Kazakh қону (qonu), Karachay-Balkar къонаргъа (qonarğa), Kumyk къонмакъ (qonmaq), Bashkir ҡуныу (qunıw), Tatar кунарга (qunarga), Azerbaijani qonmaq, Turkish konmak, Shor қонарға, Khakas хонарға (xonarğa), Tuvan хонар (xonar), Tofa ӄонар, Yakut хон (qon), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [qo̞.no̞r]
  • Hyphenation: ко‧нор

Verb

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конор (konor)

  1. to spend a night
  2. to stay; to live
  3. to perch (of birds)
  4. (auxiliary) Used after an imperfective converb, expressing the rapidness of an action.
    Табыш угуларда, олор ончозы турадаҥ чыга кондылар.
    Tabïš ugularda, olor ončozï turadaŋ čïga kondïlar.
    When the noise was heard, all of them went out (rapidly) from the room.
    • 1959–1995, Алтай баатырлар [Altay baatïrlar], Gorno-Altaisk: Горно-Алтайское отделение Алтайского книжного издательства [Gorno-Altajskoje otdelenije Altajskovo knižnovo izdatelʹstva]:
      Кӱлер ээрди кучактанып, Эркин-Коо чыга конды.
      Küler eerdi kučaktanïp, Erkin-Koo čïga kondï.
      Holding a bronze saddle, Erkin-Koo went out (rapidly).
  5. to go down

Conjugation

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Declension Singular Plural
First конум (konum) конубус (konubus), конус (konus)
Second конуҥ (konuŋ) конугар (konugar)
Third конды (kondï) кондылар (kondïlar)