теерге

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dē-. Cognate to Tuvan дээр (deer), Tofa дээр (deer), дэр (der), Shor теерге (teerge), Western Yugur te-, Yakut диэ (die), etc.

Verb

теерге • (teerge)

  1. to say, tell, speak, talk

References

  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1966), “те-”, in Severnyje Dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo) Jazyka - Dialekty Černevyx Tatar (Tuba-Kiži) - Grammatičeskij Očerk i Slovarʹ [Northern Altai Dialect of Altai Language - Black Tatar Dialect (Tuba-Kiži), Grammatical text and dictionary], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN, page 154