Bashkir

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Йыуа

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yaba (wild onion).[1]

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (java, wild onion); Kazakh жуа (jua, wild onion), Khakas чама (çama, wild garlic), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [jɯ̞.ˈwɑ]
  • Hyphenation: йы‧уа

Noun

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йыуа (yıwa)

  1. leek, wild onion; Allium spp.

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jaba”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill