шыма
Appearance
Bashkir
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Tatar шома (şoma, “smooth”).
No more cognates are known. Presumably related to the verb шыуыу (şıwıw, “to slide”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]шыма • (şıma)
- smooth, causing little resistance to sliding
- Шыма боҙ.
- Şıma boź.
- Smooth ice.
- straight (of hair)
- (figuratively) (of language, speech etc.) fluent; cohesive
- (figuratively) well crafted, seamless
- (figuratively) (of person) cunning, sly