qorğağusı

Salar

Alternative forms

  • qorğığusı, qorqğusı

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kork-. Cognate to Turkish korkmak, Southern Altai коркыыр (korkïïr), Kyrgyz коркуу (korkuu), etc.

Pronunciation

  • (Chahandusi, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [χorʁɑ]
  • (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [χorʁu]
  • (Hanbahe, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [χorχ], [χorɢɑː]
  • (Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [xorɨhɑ]
  • (Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [χorɢɨ]

Verb

qorğağusı

  1. to fear

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “χorɣa-”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 550
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “qorğağusı”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 115