курдук

Yakut

Etymology

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Postposition

курдук • (kurduk)

1. like, as

   Synonym: кэриэтэ (keriete)

   муора курдук ― muora kurduk ― like the sea

   алмаас курдук кытаанах ― almaas kurduk kıtaanaq ― (as) hard as a diamond

2. (with a number or time word) about, approximately
3. (with a verb, sometimes expresses uncertainty) as, as if

Synonyms

• дылы (dılı, “like, as, as if”)