елкә

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Bashkir

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Etymology

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

Unknown relationship with Southern Altai јитке (ǰitke, nape), Khakas нітке (nìtke, nape), Chulym читкӓ (čitkä, scruff), Tuvan читке (çitke, scruff).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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елкә (yelkə)

  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

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