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Chuvash
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yāg (“oil, butter, fat”).
Cognate with Khalaj yâğ, Turkish yağ, Uzbek yoʻg and Yakut сыа (sıa).
Noun
ҫу or ҫӑв • (śu or śăv)
- oil, butter, fat
Derived terms
- ҫула (śula, “to smear with oil”)
- ҫулӑк (śulăk, “napkin”)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yāy (“summer”).
Cognate with Azerbaijani yay, Bashkir йәй (yəy) and Yakut сайын (sayın).
Noun
ҫу or ҫӑв • (śu or śăv)
- summer
Derived terms
- ҫулла (śulla, “summer”)
- ҫуллахи (śullah̬i, “relating to the summer”)
See also
Etymology 3
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yū- (“to wash”).
Cognate with Khalaj yûmaq, Turkish yumak, Uzbek yuvmoq, Bashkir йыуыу (yıwıw) and Yakut сууй (suuy).
Verb
ҫу or ҫӑв • (śu or śăv)
- (transitive) to wash
Etymology 4
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yag-.
Cognate with Khalaj yağmaq, Turkish yağmak, Uzbek yogʻmoq, Bashkir яуыу (yawıw) and Tuvan чаар (çaar).
Verb
ҫу • (śu)
- (intransitive) to rain
Derived terms
References
- Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “ҫу”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, pages 127-129
- Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “ҫу”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, pages 215-216
Further reading
- “ҫу”, in Электронлă сăмахсар (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.