таш-бака

Southern Altai

Etymology

From таш (taš, “stone”) +‎ бака (baka, “frog”). Compare with Kazakh тасбақа (tasbaqa), Bashkir ташбаҡа (taşbaqa), Tatar ташбака (taşbaqa), Kyrgyz ташбака (taşbaka), Uzbek toshbaqa, Uyghur تاشپاقا (tashpaqa, “turtle, tortoise”).

Noun

таш-бака • (taš-baka)

  1. turtle

References

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “таш-бака”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN

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