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йотоу

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Bashkir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yubut- (“to swallow”).[1]

Cognate with Kazakh жұту (jūtu), Kyrgyz жутуу (jutuu, “to swallow”), Uzbek yutmoq (“to swallow”), Turkmen ýuvutmak (“to swallow”), Azerbaijani udmaq (“to swallow”), Turkish yutmak (“to swallow”), etc.

Verb

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йотоу • (yotow)

  1. to swallow
    Һыуға барған ҡыҙҙарҙы, юлға сыҡҡан ирҙәрҙе дейеүҙәр аңдып ятҡан, ти, һыуға барһа, йотҡан, ти.
    Hıwğa barğan qıźźarźı, yulğa sıqqan irźərźe deyewźər añdıp yatqan, ti, hıwğa barha, yotqan, ti.
    Monsters lay in wait for girls who went to fetch water, for men who set out on the road; if (someone) went to fetch water, (they) would swallow (them).

References

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