кочевать

Russian

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing. Compare Kyrgyz көчүү (köcüü), Kazakh көшу (köşu), Azerbaijani köçmək (to lead a nomad's life), etc. Contains the suffix -ева́ть (-evátʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kət͡ɕɪˈvatʲ]

Verb

кочева́ть • (kočevátʹ) impf

  1. to lead a nomad's life
  2. (of animals) to migrate

Conjugation

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