Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *köl- (shadow, shade).

Cognate with Kazakh көлеңке (köleñke), Kyrgyz көлөгө (kölögö), Crimean Tatar kölge, Kumyk гёлентки (gölentki), Azerbaijani kölgə, Turkish gölge, Turkmen kölege, Uzbek koʻlanka, Khakas кӧлек, Shor кӧлетки, Western Yugur küleke, etc.

Noun

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кӧлӧтки (kölötki)

  1. shadow
  2. shade