эжер

Southern Altai

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *eĺ-. Cognate with Cognate with Azerbaijani eşmək (“to tear”), Bashkir ишеү (işew, “to row”), Chagatai [script needed] (eşmek, “to dig”), Chuvash алтма (altma, “to dig”), Tuvan эжер (ejer, “to row”), эштир (eştir, “to swim”).

Verb

эжер • (ežer)

1. to row
2. to row (with oar)

References

• Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “эжер”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN
• Radloff, Friedrich Wilhelm (1893–1911) Опыт словаря тюркских наречий – Versuch eines Wörterbuches der Türk-Dialecte [Attempt at a Lexicon of the Turkic Dialects] (overall work in German and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 904

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *ẹĺ-. Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (eş-, “to walk, trot”), Chuvash ишме (išme, “to plod”), Turkish eşmek (“to trot”), Yakut ис (is, “to move”).

Verb

эжер • (ežer)

1. to walk, go (with whom)

References

• Radloff, Friedrich Wilhelm (1893–1911) Опыт словаря тюркских наречий – Versuch eines Wörterbuches der Türk-Dialecte [Attempt at a Lexicon of the Turkic Dialects] (overall work in German and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 904