Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From *kӧpük "foam", from Proto-Turkic *köp- (to swell, surge). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (köpük, foam), Bashkir күбек (kübek), Kyrgyz көбүк (köbük), Kazakh көбік (köbık), Shor кӧбӱк, Uzbek ko'pik, Uyghur كۆپۈك (köpük), Azerbaijani köpük, Turkish köpük, Tuvan көвүк (kövük, foam), etc.

Noun

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кӧбӱк (köbük)

  1. foam

References

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N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “кӧбӱк”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN