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