упа

Chuvash

Etymology

Compare Khakas аба (aba), Middle Kipchak اَبا (apa).[1][2] These forms are euphemistic references to the bear as 'father' or 'old man'. [3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uˈba/

Noun

упа • (up̬a) (plural упасем) 

  1. bear

References
  1. Atalay, Besim. (1985). Divanü Lügat-It-Türk Tercümesi Türkiye Türkçesi I [Translation of Divanü Lügat-It-Türk (1072-1074) in Turkish I], Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, p. 86
  2. Karahan, A. (2012). Kâşgarlı Mahmud’un Kayıtlarında İdil Boyu Türk Lehçeleri. Türkbilig, (24), 0-0.
  3. Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 111
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