чуг

Northern Altai

Etymology

From its earlier form *če-gü, from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”). Cognate to Tuvan чүү (çüü), etc. Early meaning "what" was moved to "thing"

Noun

чуг • (čug)

1. thing

References

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “чуг”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN