ҫула
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sula"
Chuvash
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Proto-Turkic *yalga- (“to lick”).[1][2]
Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰞𐰍𐰀 (yalɣa-), Turkish yalamak, Uzbek yalamoq, Bashkir ялау (yalaw) and Yakut салаа (salaa).
Verb
editҫула or ҫӑвла • (śula or śăvla)
- (transitive) to lick
Etymology 2
editFrom ҫу (śu, “oil”) + -ла (-la).
Comparable to Turkish yağlamak (“to lubricate with oil”).
Verb
editҫула • (śula)
- (transitive) to smear with oil
References
edit- ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “ҫула”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 132
- ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “ҫула”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 217