Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *yap- (to close).[1]

Verb edit

ябыу (yabıw)

  1. to close
  2. to shut in (an animal)
  3. to confine, imprison
  4. to cover
  5. to put a roof or cover (over sth.)

Derived terms edit

References edit

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