елкә

Bashkir
Елкә [1]

Etymology

Cognate with Tatar җилкә (cilkä), Kazakh желке (jelke), Kyrgyz желке (celke), Karachay-Balkar джелке (“nape, back of the neck”), Uyghur يەلكە‎ (yelke, “shoulder; scruff”).

Unknown relationship with Southern Altai јитке (ǰitke, “nape”), Khakas нітке (nítke, “nape”), Chulym читкӓ (čitkä, “scruff”), Tuvan читке (čïtkä, “scruff”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jɪ̞lˈkæ]
  • Hyphenation: ел‧кә

Noun

елкә • (yelkä)

  1. (anatomy) back of the neck and lower back of the head, nape
  2. scruff, loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals

Declension
Inflection of елкә (yelkä)
singular plural
absolute елкә (yelkä) елкәләр (yelkälär)
definite genitive елкәнең (yelkäneñ) елкәләрҙең (yelkälärðeñ)
dative елкәгә (yelkägä) елкәләргә (yelkälärgä)
definite accusative елкәне (yelkäne) елкәләрҙе (yelkälärðe)
locative елкәлә (yelkälä) елкәләрҙә (yelkälärðä)
ablative елкәнән (yelkänän) елкәләрҙән (yelkälärðän)
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