eşgü

Salar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ečkü. Cognate with Turkish keçi.

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /eʃɡy/

Noun

eşgü (3rd person possessive eşgüsi, plural eşgüler)

  1. goat
    Büri ma eşgü uruq tutmes.
    The wolf and the goat cannot produce fertile offspring.

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “eşgü”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 328
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “eşgü”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 90
  • 进锋张 [Ayso Cañ Cinfen] (2008), 乌璐别格 [Ulubeğ], 鄭初陽 [Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ], editors, 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar İbret Sözler, Salar Proverbs]‎[2], China Salar Youth League, page 34
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “eşgü”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 105
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei) (2016), “eşgü”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 青海师范大学 (Qinghai Normal University), Unpublished finalized project manuscript (国家社会科学基金项目结项稿, 定稿; National Social Science Fund of China), page 263