чочуй
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Yakut
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From чочу (cocu, “grindstone, whetstone”).
Verb
[edit]чочуй • (cocuy)
- (transitive, literal) to sharpen (on a grindstone or whetstone), to whet
- сүгэни чочуй ― sügeni cocuy ― to sharpen the axe
- (transitive, figurative) to improve, to perfect, to sharpen
- ураннык чочуй ― urannık cocuy ― to skillfully carve (something)