Proto-Turkic: *čɨj, *čɨj-ɨk
Meaning: 1 wet, soaking, moist 2 dew 3 moisture 4 raw
Russian meaning: 1 мокрый 2 роса 3 влага, влажный 4 сырой
Karakhanid: či/čɨ 3 (MK), čɨ-la- 'to moisten' (MK), čɨq- 'to absorb moisture' (MK), čɨɣ-la-n- 'to be half-cooked' (MK), čig 4 (IM)
Turkish: čiɣ, čij 1, 2
Tatar: čɨq 2
Uzbek: čiq 2 (dial.), čɨ̄ɣ 1 (Xɔrazm)
Azerbaidzhan: čij 'raw'
Turkmen: čīg 1, čɨ̄G 2
Khakassian: sɨx 1, 3
Shor: šɨq 3, šɨqtɨɣ 1
Oyrat: čij 4, čɨq 3
Yakut: sīk 2, 3
Dolgan: hīk 2
Tuva: šɨq 3, 'meadow', šɨqtɨɣ 1
Tofalar: šɨq 1
Kirghiz: čij-ki 4, čɨq 2, 3
Kazakh: šɨq 2
Noghai: šij 4, šɨq 2
Bashkir: sej 4, ɨsɨq 2
Balkar: čij 4, čɨq 2
Gagauz: čij 1, 2
Karaim: čɨj, cij 4, čɨx 2, 'hoar-frost'
Karakalpak: šɨq 2
Salar: čɨx-ču 2 (ССЯ)
Kumyk: čij 4, čɨq 2
Comments: EDT 393, 406,408, 413, 418, VEWT 107, Лексика 39, Stachowski 106. The actual reflexes are best explained if we postulate an opposition *čɨj 'wet, raw' - *čɨj-ɨk 'dew, moisture' (with further contractions). Some forms, however, could be secondarily borrowed from Mong. (see Kaɫ. MEJ 34).
