Bashkir

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Etymology

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From Common Turkic *kǖč (force).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kʏ̞s]
  • Hyphenation: көс (one syllable)

Noun

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көс (kös)

  1. strength, force, forcefulness
    Нисек кенә сәйер яңғырамаһын, быға донъя финанс көрсөгө этәргес көс булды.
    Nisek kenə səyer yañğıramahın, bığa donʺya finans körsögö etərges kös buldı.
    However strange it may sound, the global financial crisis was the driving force behind this.
  2. power, might
    Халыҡ көсө — берлектә.
    Xalıq kösö — berlektə.
    A people's might is in (its) unity.
  3. intensity, vehemence
  4. energy, vigor, stamina
    Бар көсөмдө башҡорт Википедияһына һалам.
    Bar kösömdö başqort Vikipediyahına halam.
    I put my every effort into the Bashkir Wikipedia.
  5. force, violence
  6. (physics) force

Declension

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Yakut

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *köč-.

Noun

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көс (kös)

  1. move (change of residence), migration
  2. nomad
  3. Yakut mile (old unit of measurement, approx. 10 km)

Verb

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көс (kös)

  1. (intransitive) to move (change residence), to migrate

Derived terms

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  • көһүн (köhün, to appear, to become visible)

See also

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