etgüsi

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ēt-, cognate with Turkish etmek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /etʰ(kysi)/, /itʰ(kysi)/

Verb

etgüsi

  1. to do, make
    İnci piser nañ etbar?
    What are we doing right now?
  2. (auxiliary verb) Forms active verbs from adjectives and nouns, especially Chinese verbal nouns.
    Fanduy etci.
    S/he opposed.
  • dovu etgüsi (to pray)

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “e‘t, e‘c, ec, eʒ‘...”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 328
  • 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “et-”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎[1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 24
  • Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “et-”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 106
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “et-”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project)