баштау

Bashkir

Alternative forms

• башлау (başlaw) (Standard Bashkir, South, North-West)

Etymology

Eastern Bashkir form of Standard башлау (başlaw) (see there for more).

Compare with Kazakh бастау (bastau), Kyrgyz башта- (başta-), Southern Altai башта- (bašta-), Khakas паста- (pasta-), Chulym башта- (“to begin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑʂ.tɑ-]

Verb

баштау • (baştaw) (Eastern Bashkir)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to begin (sth., to do sth.)