эгӱ

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄ke- (“file”). Cognate with Kazakh егеу (egeu), Uzbek egov, Kyrgyz өгөө (ögöö), Tuvan эгээ (egee), Karachay-Balkar эгеу (egeu), Tatar игәү (igäw), Karachay-Balkar егеу (yegeu), Bashkir игәү (igəw), Kumyk эгев (egew), Uyghur ekek, Nogai эгев (égev), Turkish eğe (“file”).

Noun

эгӱ • (egü)

1. file

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “эгӱ”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN