күү

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From *kög (“melody”), from Sinitic 曲 (MC kʰɨok̚, “song”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (kög, “melody”); Bashkir көй (köy, “melody”), Southern Altai кӱӱ (küü, “melody”), Kumyk кюй (küy, “melody”), Uzbek kuy (“melody”), Uyghur كۇي‎ (kuy, “melody”), Khakas кӧг (“melody”), etc.

Noun

күү • (küü)

  1. melody

Yakut

Etymology

Onomatopoeia.

Noun

күү • (küü)

  1. The sound of buzzing.

Derived terms
  • күү гын (küü gın, “to buzz”)
  • күүдээх (küüdeeq, “buzzing, shrew”, ornative, noun)
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