көтөх

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

көтөх • (kötöq)

1. skinny, scrawny, gaunt

   See synonyms at синньигэс (sinnyiges).

   көтөх сүөһү ― kötöq süöhü ― skinny cattle

   көтөх киһи ― kötöq kihi ― a skinny person

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Possibly related with the below.

көтөх • (kötöq)

1. armful

   Synonym: түүтэх (tüüteq)

   көтөх мас ― kötöq mas ― an armful of firewood

   көтөх оҕото ― kötöq oğoto ― (idiomatic) an infant

From Proto-Turkic *köt- (“to rise, to raise; high, elevated”)

көтөх • (kötöq)

1. (transitive) (literal or figurative) to lift

   сүргэҕин көтөх ― sürgeğin kötöq ― to lift (someone's) spirit

2. to carry

   See synonyms at тас (tas).

3. to raise, to bolster

   Antonym: түһэр (tüher, “to drop, to lower”)

4. (by extension, from taking into one's arms) (obstetrics) to midwife