өҙөү

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *üŕ- (“to break, tear, demolish”).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (üz-, “to break, tear”); Kyrgyz үзүү (üzüü, “to break, disrupt, pluck”), Uzbek uzmoq (“to break, tear, pick”), Khakas ӱзерге (üzerge, “to break off, pick off”), Turkmen üzmek (“to tear off, pluck”), Azerbaijani üzmək (“to break”), Turkish üzmek (“to distress, upset”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʏ̞ð-/

Verb

өҙөү • (öźöw) (transitive)

1. break a linear object by pulling, tear; set
   • (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[2], Mark 5:4:

     Уны әллә нисә тапҡыр тотоп, аяҡ-ҡулына бығау, сылбыр һалғандар, ә ул сылбырҙарҙы өҙгән, бығауҙарҙы ватҡан.

     Unı əllə nisə tapqır totop, ayaq-qulına bığaw, sılbır halğandar, ə ul sılbırźarźı öźgən, bığawźarźı vatqan.

     (They) caught him many times (and) put shackles and chains on his feet and hands, but he tore the chains apart and broke the shackles.

2. (flowers, fruits, berries etc.) pick, pluck
3. (contact, communications, relations etc.) break, sever
4. (action, activity) interrupt; discontinue, cut short
5. undermine, disrupt

Derived terms

• өҙөк (öźök, “fragment; discontinuity, gap”)
• өҙөмтә (öźömtə, “extract, excerpt; citation”)