өсәү

Bashkir

Etymology

From *üčägü (three as a group), from Proto-Turkic *üč (three).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (üčägü, three as a group);[1] Kazakh үшеу (üşeu, three people as a group), Kyrgyz үчөө (ücöö, three as a group), Kumyk уьчев (üçew, three as a group), Southern Altai ӱчӱ (üčü, three as a group).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʏ̞ˈsæw]
  • Hyphenation: ө‧сәү

Numeral

өсәү • (ösəw)

  1. (collective numeral) three
    Сабан ат, яман ҡатын, ҡыйыш мылтыҡ — шул өсәү ир-егетте ҡартайталыр. (Aqmulla)
    Saban at, yaman qatın, qıyış mıltıq — şul ösəw ir-yegette qartaytalır.
    A lazy horse, an evil wife, (and) a crooked rifle — these three (things) make a man grow old.

References

  1. Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 621
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