албас

Yakut

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare албаа (albaa, “to flatter, to coax”), as well as Kazakh албасты (albasty, “devil, demon”).

Noun

албас • (albas)

  1. cunning, trick, ruse
    See synonyms at албын (albın).
    албаска түбэс ― albaska tübes ― to fall for the bait
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