Kumyk

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kiāl-mak (to stay behind, remain).

Verb

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къалмакъ (qalmaq)

  1. to stay
  2. to remain, to be left
  3. to be postponed, to be left for a later point
  4. expresses completeness, single occurrence or unexpectedness of an action; the lexical meaning is expressed by a preceding converb

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