көтөх

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

көтөх • (kötöx)

1. skinny, scrawny, gaunt

   көтөх сүөһү ― kötöx süöhü ― skinny cattle

   көтөх киһи ― kötöx kihi ― a skinny person

   See synonyms at синньигэс (sinńiges).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Possibly related with the below.

көтөх • (kötöx)

1. armful

   көтөх мас ― kötöx mas ― an armful of firewood

   көтөх оҕото ― kötöx oğoto ― (idiomatic) an infant

   Synonym: түүтэх (tüütex)

From Proto-Turkic *köt- (“to rise, to raise; high, elevated”)

көтөх • (kötöx)

1. (transitive) (literally or figurative) to lift

   сүргэҕин көтөх ― sürgeğin kötöx ― to lift (someone's) spirit

2. to carry

   See synonyms at тас (tas).

3. to raise, to bolster

   Antonym: түһэр (tüher, “to drop, to lower”)

4. (by extension, from taking into one's arms) (obstetrics) to midwife