көҥөө
Yakut
editEtymology
editMost likely related to Proto-Turkic *güni (“envy, jealousy”), probably a verb *günü- (“to be jealous, to envy”).
Verb
editкөҥөө • (köñöö)
- (intransitive) (with abl.) to jealously guard, to protect
Derived terms
edit- көҥөс (köñös, “greedy”)
References
editStarostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*güni”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill