йотоу
Bashkir edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *yubut- (“to swallow”).[1]
Cognate with Kazakh жұту (jūtu), Kyrgyz жутуу (jutuu, “to swallow”), Uzbek yutmoq (“to swallow”), Turkmen ýuvutmak (“to swallow”), Azerbaijani udmaq (“to swallow”), Turkish yutmak (“to swallow”), etc.
Verb edit
йотоу • (yotow)
- to swallow
- Ural-batyr (Bashkir folk epic):
- Һыуға барған ҡыҙҙарҙы, юлға сыҡҡан ирҙәрҙе дейеүҙәр аңдып ятҡан, ти, һыуға барһа, йотҡан, ти.
- Hıwğa barğan qıźźarźı, yulğa sıqqan irźərźe deyewźər añdıp yatqan, ti, hıwğa barha, yotqan, ti.
- Monsters lay in wait for girls who went to fetch water, for men who set out on the road; if (someone) went to fetch water, (they) would swallow (them).
References edit
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jubut-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill