тоҥ

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *toŋ (“frozen; frost”).

Cognate with Bashkir туң (tuñ), Tatar туң (tuñ), Kazakh тоң (toñ), Kyrgyz тоң (toŋ, “frost, frozen”), Turkish don (“frost”), Tuvan доң (doñ, “frozen”), Yakut тоҥ (toñ, “frozen”), Chuvash тӑм (tăm, “frost”), etc.

Adjective

тоҥ • (toŋ)

1. frozen

Related terms

• тоҥор (toŋor)

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *toŋ (“frozen; frost”). See above for a list of cognates.

Verb

тоҥ • (toñ)

1. (intransitive) to freeze

   Antonym: ир (ir, “to thaw”)

Derived terms

• тоҥор (toñor, “to freeze”, transitive)
• тоҥот (toñot, “crust of ice over snow”)
• тоҥуй (toñuy, “(emotionally) cold”)

See also

• далбаар (dalbaar, “to freeze”) (stop moving)
• кырыа (kırıa, “frost”)