Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *sïč- (to defecate).

Note the peculiar development of the initial consonant. It is paralleled in Kumyk чычмакъ (çıçmaq, to defecate), Kyrgyz чыч- (cıc-, to defecate), Southern Altai чыч- (čïč-, to defecate), Turkish sıçmak (to defecate).

Verb edit

сысыу (sısıw) (intransitive)

  1. to defecate, to shit