йөҙөү

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yüŕ- (“to swim”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jʏ̞ð-]

Verb

йөҙөү • (yöźöw) (intransitive)

  1. to swim
    Балыҡты йөҙөргә, үгеҙҙе һөҙөргә өйрәтмә.
    Balıqtı yöźörgə, ügeźźe höźörgə öyrətmə.
    Do not teach a fish to swim (and) a bull ― to butt.
  2. to float
  3. to travel by water ― in a boat, ship, etc.; to boat, sail, navigate
  4. (literary) to move smoothly in the sky

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