ууш

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ạbuč (“palm, handful”).

Cognate with Kazakh уыс (uys), Kyrgyz ууч (uuc, “handful”), Turkish avuç (“palm, handful”).

Noun

ууш • (uuš)

1. handful

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ууш”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN