быуа

Bashkir

Быуа.

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bog- (“strangle; block, hinder”). Cognate with Tatar буа (buwa), Southern Altai буук (buuk).

The Proto-Turkic verbal archetype has a palatal parallel *bög- (“block, hinder”), hence Kazakh бөгет (böget), Kyrgyz бөгөт (bögöt), Southern Altai бӧгӧт (bögöt, “dam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɯ̞ˈwɑ]
• Hyphenation: бы‧уа

Noun

быуа • (bıwa)

1. dam, a structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow
2. the water reservoir resulting from placing such structure

   Яҙ көнө ныҡ ташҡын булып, быуа йырылып киткән.

   Yaź könö nıq taşqın bulıp, bıwa yırılıp kitkən.

   In the spring, there was a great flood, and the dam burst.

3. pond