јалку

Southern Altai

Etymology

From *yalqag(u) (“lazy”), from the verbal stem yalq- (“to be annoyed, to have had enough of sth., to loath, be disgusted”). Cognate with Kazakh жалқау (jalqau), Kyrgyz жалкоо (jalkoo), Bashkir ялҡау (yalqaw), Uzbek yalqov, Uyghur يالقاۋ (yalqaw), Tuvan чалгаа (çalgaa, “lazy”), etc.

Adjective

јалку • (ǰalku)

1. lazy

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “јалку”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN