Northern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic. Compare to Khakas чыс (çıs, thicked forest), Shor чыш (čïš, forest), etc.

Noun edit

чыш (čïš)

  1. thicked forest
  2. forest

References edit

N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “чыш”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN

Shor edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic. Compare to Khakas чыс (çıs), Northern Altai чыш (čïš), etc.

Noun edit

чыш (çış)

  1. forest
    тум чышthick forest