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
- 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