Proto-Altaic: *t`ṓk`i ( ~ -k-, -e)
Meaning: to lie, deceive
Russian meaning: лгать, обманывать
Comments: A Turk.-Mong. isogloss. Cf. also WMong. toquɣu, Khalkha toxū `joke, jest', possibly derived from the same root and pointing to PA *-k`-. Not quite clear is the relationship to some scattered TM forms: Man. taqda- `to praise, be surprised at', Evk. takā- `to lie'.