өсәү
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Bashkir
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Numeral
[edit]өсәү • (ösəw)
- (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
[edit]- ^ 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