көҥөө

Yakut

Etymology

Most likely related to Proto-Turkic *güni (“envy, jealousy”), probably a verb *günü- (“to be jealous, to envy”).

Verb

көҥөө • (köñöö)

1. (intransitive) (with abl.) to jealously guard, to protect

   чыычаах оҕотун көҥүүр ― cııcaaq oğotun köñüür ― the bird jealously guards the chick

   See synonyms at манаа (manaa).

   Synonym: иҥсэр (iñser, “to covet”)

Derived terms

• көҥөс (köñös, “greedy”)

References

Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*güni”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill