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уйнау

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Bashkir

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Актёрҙар сәхнәлә уйнай.
Actors performing on the scene.

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *oyna- (to play).[1]

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (ojna-, to play); Uyghur ئوينىماق (oynimaq, to play), Turkish oynamak (to play), Tuvan ойнаар (oynaar, to play), Yakut оонньоо (oonnyoo, to play), etc.

Verb

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уйнау (uynaw)

  1. (intransitive) to play, to act so as to have fun
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to play a musical instrument
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to act, perform a role in theater or a film
  4. (transitive, intransitive) to play, as in perform in (a sport) or to participate in (a game)

References

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