Chuvash edit

Etymology edit

According to Jegorov, grown with prothetic в- (v-) from ула (ula, to howl, cry), "the illiterate Chuvash equating reading to howling".[1] The latter is inherited from Proto-Turkic *ūlï- and is cognate with Turkish ulumak, Azerbaijani ulamaq.[2]

Alternatively, according to Fedotov, cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ula-, to connect): typologically compare German lesen (to gather; to read).[3]

Verb edit

вула (vula)

  1. to read

References edit

  1. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964), “вула”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, pages 56–57
  2. ^ Fener, Kubilay (2021), “Okı- fiili “Ok”tan mı geliyor?”, in Gazi Türkiyat[1] (in Turkish), issue 29, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi, pages 247-257
  3. ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996), “вула- / вола- / вала- / вӑла-/ воло-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume I, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 130

Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

вула (vulaf (diminutive вуле)

  1. flue
    Synonyms: борија (borija), ќунк (ḱunk)

Declension edit