дьалку

Northern Altai

Etymology

From the verbal stem yalq- (to be annoyed, to have had enough of sth., to loathe, be disgusted). Compare to Tuvan чалгаа (çalgaa), etc.

Noun

дьалку • (dʹalku)

  1. lazybones

References

  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1966), “дьалку”, in Severnyje Dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo) Jazyka - Dialekty Černevyx Tatar (Tuba-Kiži) - Grammatičeskij Očerk i Slovarʹ [Northern Altai Dialect of Altai Language - Black Tatar Dialect (Tuba-Kiži), Grammatical text and dictionary], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN, page 113