тула

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IPA^(key): /tula/

тула (tula)

1. long ago

• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎, Русский язык

Borrowed from Turkish tuğla, either from Greek τούβλο (toúvlo), from Latin tubulus, diminutive of tubus (“tube, pipe”); or from Greek τούγλα (toúgla, “roof cover made of terracotta, tile”), from Latin tēgula (“tile”), related to Latin tegō (“to cover”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuɫa]

тула • (tula) f

1. brick

   Synonym: цигла (cigla)

• (obsolete) ту́ло (túlo)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian тулъ (tul), from Old East Slavic тꙋлъ (tulŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tulъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuɫɐ]

ту́ла • (túla) f inan (genitive ту́ли, nominative plural ту́ли, genitive plural тул)

1. (archaic) quiver

   Synonyms: колча́н (kolčán), сагайда́к (sahajdák)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “тула”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “тула”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “тула”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “тула”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “тула”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “тула”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)

Compare to Other turkic *dolay.

тула • (tula)

1. surroundings, environs

   Synonym: эргимтэ (ergimte)

   куорат тулата ― kuorat tulata ― the city environs

тула • (tula)

1. (with acc.) around

   сири тула айан ― siri tula ayan ― a journey around the world

   остуолу тула олор ― ostuolu tula olor ― sit around the table

   тула көт ― tula köt ― to flatter or fawn over (literally, to fly around)