𐰴𐰢𐰽𐰀-

kamşa-

Meaning:
to sway, to move to and fro
Metaphorically from “to sway like reeds in the wind” (Clauson, 1972).

Word family

In modern languages

Select a region to see the cognate.
Language Cognate
Turkmen No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Turkish (Azerbaijan) The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Turkish (Türkiye) No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Salar No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Gagauz No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Crimean No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Uyghur No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Uzbek No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Kazakh No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Nogai No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Siberian Tatar No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Kyrgyz No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Altai No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Alan No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Kumyk No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Tatar No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Bashkir No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Tıva No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Khakas No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Khalaj No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Chuvash No cognate has been entered for this language yet.

Examples

Translations

German:
sich bewegen, hin und her schwanken
Russian:
двигаться, качаться, колыхаться
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
yırğalanmaq, hərəkət etmək, tərpənmək
Turkish (Türkiye):
hareket etmek, kımıldamak

  • Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish p. 629
    kamşa:- D kamşa:- Den. V. fr. kamış in the metaph. sense of ‘to move or sway’ like reeds in the wind; n.o.a.b. Türkü vm ff. IrkB 16, etc. (1 tur-): Uyğ. vm ff. Man.-A M III 9, 15 (ii) (çokra:-): Bud. TT X 164, etc. (tepre:-).