Bashkir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yadag (on foot; pedestrian).

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰑𐰍 (yadaγ, on foot), Old Uyghur y'd'γ (yadaγ, on foot) , Kazakh жаяу (jaäu), Kyrgyz жөө (jöö), Southern Altai јою (ǰoyu), Uzbek yayov (on foot), Uyghur ياياق (yayaq, on foot), Turkish yaya (pedestrian, afoot, on foot), Yakut сатыы (satıı, on foot).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [jæ.ˈjæw]
  • Hyphenation: йә‧йәү

Adverb

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йәйәү (yəyəw)

  1. on foot, by foot