жөлөө

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yöle-. Cognate to Southern Altai јӧлӧӧр (ǰölöör, “to prop up, lean, rest”), etc.

Verb

жөлөө • (jölöö)

1. to prop up, lean, rest

References

• Sevortjan, E. V., Levitskaja, L. S. (1989) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Nauka, pages 32, 33