төгүл

Yakut

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Bashkir тапҡыр (tapqır, “time, occurrence”).

Noun

төгүл • (tögül)

1. time, occurrence
2. (after a number) times

   онно үс төгүл сырыттым ― onno üs tögül sırıttım ― I went there three times

3. copy

   докумуон төгүлэ ― dokumuon tögüle ― a copy of the document

Usage notes

As shown in the above example, Yakut nouns do not take the plural form after a number.

Coordinate terms

• биирдэ (biirde, “once”)
• иккитэ (ikkite, “twice”)

Postposition

төгүл • (tögül)

1. (arithmetic) times, ×

   биэс төгүл биэс ― bies tögül bies ― five times five

Usage notes

It connects two numbers, and hence could be construed as a conjunction, but is here filed as a postposition, following the listing of English times as a preposition.

Derived terms

• төгүл ыл (tögül ıl, “to multiply”)
• төгүл-төгүл (tögül-tögül, “at times, periodically”)
• төгүллээ (tögüllee, “to multiply”)