Chuvash edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tātïg (taste).[1][2] Cognate with Turkish tat, Uzbek tot, Bashkir тат (tat), Old Uyghur tʾtyx (tatïɣ).

Noun edit

тутӑ (tut̬ă) (plural тутӑсем) 

  1. taste
  2. smell

Adjective edit

тутӑ (tut̬ă)

  1. well-fed, satiated
  2. nutritious
  3. bulky
  4. abundant, generous

References edit

  1. ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “тутă”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 257
  2. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “тутă”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 263

Further reading edit

  • тутӑ”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.