Bashkir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yẹlim (glue).

Cognate with Old Uyghur yylym (jelim, glue); Kazakh желім (jelım, glue), Kyrgyz желим (jelim, glue), Southern Altai јелим (ǰelim, glue), Uzbek yelim (glue), Uyghur يېلىم (yëlim, glue), Yakut силим (silim, glue), Chuvash ҫилӗм (śilĕm, glue), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [jɪ.ˈlɪ̞m]
  • Hyphenation: е‧лем

Noun

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елем (yelem)

  1. glue
  2. (Beekeeping) propolis, bee glue
    Умарталарҙан бал менән бергә инә һөтө, бал ҡорто ағыуы һәм елеме алына.
    Umartalarźan bal menən bergə inə hötö, bal qorto ağıwı həm yeleme alına.
    Alongside with honey, royal jelly, honey bee venom and propolis is taken out of beehives.

Declension

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Macedonian

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Pronunciation

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Particle

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елем (elem)

  1. so, I mean

Etymology

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Might be akin to Lezgi лам (lam).

Noun

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елем (elem)

  1. donkey