тохтоо
Yakut
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Cognate with Bashkir туҡтау (tuqtaw).
Interjection
тохтоо • (toxtoo)
- stop, wait
Verb
тохтоо • (toxtoo)
- (intransitive) to stop, to wait, to pause
- Synonyms: уурай (uuray) (intransitive), уурат (uurat) (transitive)
- (intransitive) to subside, to die down
- See synonyms at чуумпур (çuumpur).
- (transitive) to stop, to interrupt
- Synonyms: боп (bop, “to block, to interfere with”), тутулуй (tutuluy, “to delay, to procrastinate”) (colloquial)
- (transitive) to stop, to cease
- Synonyms: аҕын (ağın), аһын (ahın), бүт (büt) (all intransitive)
Derived terms
- тохтобул (toxtobul, “stop, stoppage, delay”)