күүс

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Dolgan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *kǖč. Cognate to Yakut күүс (küüs), etc.

Noun[edit]

күүс • (transliteration needed)

  1. power

References[edit]

  • Ubrjatova, Je. I. (1980) “сила”, in Народы и Языки Сибири [People and languages of siberia], Novosibirsk, page 156

Yakut[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Common Turkic *kǖč. Cognate with Turkish güç and Kyrgyz күч (küc). See also Yakut күүр (küür, “to strain”).

Noun[edit]

күүс • (küüs)

  1. (physics, general) force, strength
  2. (physics, general) power

Synonyms[edit]

  • кыах (kıaq, “power, opportunity”)
  • сыра (sıra, “power, strength, effort”)
  • сэниэ (senie, “strength, prosperity”)
  • уох (uoq, “power, strength, ardor”)

See also[edit]

  • кыһай (kıhay, “to squeeze, to press, to force”)
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