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ҫула

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Chuvash

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Etymology 1

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Inherited 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

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ҫула or ҫӑвла (śula or śăvla)

  1. (transitive) to lick

Etymology 2

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From ҫу (śu, oil) +‎ -ла (-la).

Comparable to Turkish yağlamak (to lubricate with oil).

Verb

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ҫула (śula)

  1. (transitive) to smear with oil

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “ҫула”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 217

Further reading

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  • ҫула”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.