кӱӱ

Southern Altai

Alternative scripts
Arabic كۇي
Cyrillic күй
Latin küi

Etymology

From *kög (“melody”), from Sinitic 曲 (MC khjowk, “song”).

Cognate with Kazakh күй (küi), Old Uyghur [script needed] (kög, “melody”); Bashkir көй (köy, “melody”), Kyrgyz күй (küy)/күү (küü, “melody”), Kumyk кюй (küy, “melody”), Uzbek kuy (“melody”), Uyghur كۇي (kuy, “melody”), Khakas кӧг (kög, “melody”), etc.

Noun

кӱӱ • (küü)

  1. melody
  2. tune

References

  • L. T. Rjumina-Syrkaševa, editor (1995), “кӱӱ”, in Teleutsko-russkij slovarʹ [Teleut–Russian Dictionary], Kemerovo: N. A. Kučigaševa, →ISBN
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