тоҥ

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *toŋ (frozen; frost).

Cognate with Bashkir туң (tuñ), Tatar туң (tuñ), Kazakh тоң (toñ), Kyrgyz тоң (toŋ, frost, frozen), Turkish don (frost), Tuvan доң (doñ, frozen), Yakut тоҥ (toñ, frozen), Chuvash тӑм (tăm, frost), etc.

Adjective

тоҥ • (toŋ)

  1. frozen

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *toŋ- (to freeze). See above for a list of cognates.

Verb

тоҥ • (toñ)

  1. (intransitive) to freeze
    Antonym: ир (ir, to thaw)

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