хостоо

Yakut

Etymology

Denominal verb, probably from хос (qos, “room”) (from the notion of opening a mine).

Verb

хостоо • (qostoo)

  1. (transitive) to remove, to take out
    See synonyms at таһаар (tahaar).
    дьааһыгыттан кинигэлэрин хостоото ― jaahıgıttan kinigelerin qostooto ― he took the books out of the drawer
  2. to extract
  3. (mining) to mine
    мантан элбэх көмүһү хостууллар ― mantan elbeq kömühü qostuullar ― they mine a lot of gold from here

Derived terms

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