𐰆𐰖𐰀
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ūya (“nest”). Cognate with Chuvash йӑва (jăva, “nest”), Turkish yuva (“nest”), Uzbek uya (“nest”), Bashkir оя (oya, “nest”).
Noun[edit]
𐰆𐰖𐰀 (uya)
- nest, lair, den
- Synonym: 𐰃𐰤 (in)
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 31
- 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰯𐰣:𐰆𐰖𐰀𐰽𐰃𐰭𐰺𐰆:𐰇𐰏𐰃𐰼𐰀:𐰾𐰋𐰃𐰤𐰇:𐰚𐰠𐰃𐰼:𐱅𐰃𐰼
- bulupan:uyasïŋaru:ögire:sebinü:kelir:tér
- After having found it comes to its den rejoicing and happily, it says.
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “uya”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 66
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “uya:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 267
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*uja”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill