Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *tāg, equivalent to туу (tuu, mountain) +‎ -лу (-lu, ornative suffix). Cognate with Kyrgyz тоолуу (tooluu), Kazakh таулы (tauly), Karachay-Balkar таулу (taulu), Kumyk тавлу (tawlu), Bashkir таулы (tawlı), Tatar таулы (tawlı), Azerbaijani dağlı, Turkish dağlı, Shor тағлығ, Khakas тағлығ (tağlığ), Tuvan даглыг (daglıg), etc.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

туулу (tuulu) (ornative)

  1. mountainous