төгүл
Yakut
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Bashkir тапҡыр (tapqır, “time, occurrence”).
Noun
төгүл • (tögül)
Usage notes
As shown in the above example, Yakut nouns do not take the plural form after a number.
Postposition
төгүл • (tögül)
- (arithmetic) times, ×
- биэс төгүл биэс ― bies tögül bies ― five times five
Usage notes
It connects two numbers, and hence could be construed as a conjunction, but is here filed as a postposition, following the listing of English times as a preposition.
Derived terms
- төгүл ыл (tögül ıl, “to multiply”)
- төгүл-төгүл (tögül-tögül, “at times, periodically”)
- төгүллээ (tögüllee, “to multiply”)
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