быуа
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Bashkir
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *bog- (“strangle; block, hinder”). Cognate with Tatar буа (buwa), Southern Altai буук (buuk).
The Proto-Turkic verbal archetype has a palatal parallel *bög- (“block, hinder”), hence Kazakh бөгет (böget), Kyrgyz бөгөт (bögöt), Southern Altai бӧгӧт (bögöt, “dam”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]быуа • (bıwa)