aralamaa

Gagauz

Etymology

By surface analysis, ara (“gap”) +‎ -la. Compare Turkish aralamak.

Etymology

• IPA^(key): /ɑrɑɫɑˈmɑː/
• Hyphenation: a‧ra‧la‧maa

Verb

aralamaa

1. (transitive) to open so slight to make a small gap

   kapuyu araladı

   he slightly opened the door

2. (transitive) to make a passage

Further reading

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “aralamaa”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 51