Chuvash

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Etymology

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Inherited from Volga Bulgar الُو (elüw), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *elig. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰠𐰏 (l²g), Yakut илии (ilii), etc.

Noun

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алӑ (ală) (plural алӑсем) 

  1. hand
  2. handwriting

Further reading

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