көтөх

Yakut

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

көтөх • (kötöq)

  1. skinny, scrawny, gaunt
    See synonyms at синньигэс (sinnyiges).
    көтөх сүөһүkötöq süöhüskinny cattle
    көтөх киһиkötöq kihia skinny person

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Possibly related with the below.

Noun

көтөх • (kötöq)

  1. armful
    Synonym: түүтэх (tüüteq)
    көтөх масkötöq masan armful of firewood
    көтөх оҕотоkötöq oğoto(idiomatic) an infant

Etymology 3

From Proto-Turkic *köt- (to rise, to raise; high, elevated)

Verb

көтөх • (kötöq)

  1. (transitive) (literal or figurative) to lift
    сүргэҕин көтөхsürgeğin kötöqto lift (someone's) spirit
  2. to carry
    See synonyms at тас (tas).
  3. to raise, to bolster
    Antonym: түһэр (tüher, to drop, to lower)
  4. (by extension, from taking into one's arms) (obstetrics) to midwife
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