кезер

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kes- (“to cut”). Cognate with Kazakh кесу (kesu), Kyrgyz кесүү (kesüü), Kumyk гесмек (gesmek), Azerbaijani kəsmək, Turkish kesmek, Khakas кизерге (kizerge), Shor кезерге, Western Yugur kes-, Tuvan кезер (kezer) etc.

Verb

кезер • (kezer)

1. to cut

Tuvan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kes- (“to cut”). Cognate with Southern Altai кезер (kezer) Kazakh кесу (kesu), Kyrgyz кесүү (kesüü), Kumyk гесмек (gesmek), Azerbaijani kəsmək, Turkish kesmek, Khakas кизерге (kizerge), Shor кезерге, Western Yugur kes-, etc.

Verb

кезер • (kezer)

1. to cut, carve,
2. to reap
3. to cross (e.g. the street)

Further reading

• to play an audio of кезер • (kezer) visit http://tuvan.talkingdictionary.org. 2020. By Harrison, K. David and Gregory D.S Anderson with Alexander Ondar. on http://tuvan.swarthmore.edu/