текә

Bashkir

Etymology

From *tik(k)ä (“steep(ly), vertical(ly)”), an adverbial form derived from Proto-Turkic *dik- (“to plant vertically”).[1]

Cognate with Kazakh тіке (tıke, “steep, vertical”), Kyrgyz тике (tike, “steeply, vertically”), Uzbek tikka (“steep, vertical”), Uyghur تىككە‎ (tikke, “vertical”).

Also compare Azerbaijani dik (“steep”), Turkmen dik (“steep”), Kumyk тик (tik, “steep”), Uyghur تىك‎ (tik, “vertical”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tɪ̞.ˈkæ]
  • Hyphenation: те‧кә

Adjective

текә • (tekä)

Adjective

текә • (tekä)

  1. steep
    Ниһәйәт, текә яланғас бер ҡая юлымды ҡапланы, һәм туҡтарға мәжбүр булдым.
    Nihäyät, tekä yalanğas ber qaya yulımdı qaplanı, häm tuqtarğa mäjbür buldım.
    At last, a steep bald rock barred my way, and (I) had to stop.

Antonyms

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*dik-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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