тохтоо

Yakut

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Bashkir туҡтау (tuqtaw).

Interjection

тохтоо • (toqtoo)

1. stop, wait

Verb

тохтоо • (toqtoo)

1. (intransitive) to stop, to wait, to pause

   Synonyms: уурай (uuray) (intransitive), уурат (uurat) (transitive)

2. (intransitive) to subside, to die down

   See synonyms at чуумпур (cuumpur).

3. (transitive) to stop, to interrupt

   Synonyms: боп (bop, “to block, to interfere with”), быһа түс (bıha tüs, “to interrupt”), тутулуй (tutuluy, “to delay, to procrastinate”) (colloquial), хаай (qaay, “to block, to interfere with”), уурат (uurat, “to stop (someone from doing something)”)

   Antonym: эр (er, “to start (doing something)”)

4. (transitive) to stop, to cease

   Synonyms: аҕын (ağın), аһын (ahın), бүт (büt) (all intransitive)

Derived terms

• тохтобул (toqtobul, “stop, stoppage, delay”)