кайӑк

Chuvash

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kẹyik (“wild animal”).[1][2]

Cognate with Turkish geyik, Uzbek kiyik and Khakas киик (kiik).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kajək/

Noun

кайӑк • (kajăk) (plural кайӑксем) 

  1. bird
  2. game, wild animal

Adjective

кайӑк • (kajăk)

  1. wild

Descendants
  • → Eastern Mari: кайык (kajyk)

References
  1. Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “кайӑк”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume I, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, pages 212-213
  2. Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “кайӑк”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 85

Further reading
  • “кайӑк”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎ (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
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