төгүл

Yakut

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Bashkir тапҡыр (tapqır, “time, occurrence”).

Noun

төгүл • (tögül)

  1. time, occurrence
  2. (after a number) times
    онно үс төгүл сырыттым ― onno üs tögül sırıttım ― I went there three times
  3. copy
    докумуон төгүлэ ― dokumuon tögüle ― a copy of the document

Usage notes

As shown in the above example, Yakut nouns do not take the plural form after a number.

Coordinate terms

Postposition

төгүл • (tögül)

  1. (arithmetic) times, ×
    биэс төгүл биэс ― bies tögül bies ― five times five

Usage notes

It connects two numbers, and hence could be construed as a conjunction, but is here filed as a postposition, following the listing of English times as a preposition.

Derived terms

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