һуҙыу

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Bashkir[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *soŕ- (to stretch; to drag).[1]

Compare with Kumyk созмакъ (sozmaq, to stretch, protract), Crimean Tatar sozmaq (to lengthen), Kazakh созу (sozu, to lengthen, extend).

Verb[edit]

һуҙыу (huźıw) (transitive)

  1. to stretch, lengthen by pulling
  2. to stretch, extend physically
    Ул нисәмә тапҡыр телефон кабелен фронттың алғы һыҙығына һуҙҙы.
    Ul nisəmə tapqır telefon kabelen fronttıñ alğı hıźığına huźźı.
    So many times (at war), he stretched the telephone line to the front line.
  3. (hand, an object in hand) to extend, hold out
    Synonym: һоноу (honow)
  4. (leg) to stretch, stretch out
    Synonym: яҙыу (yaźıw)
  5. (figuratively) to stretch, get more use than expected from a limited resource
  6. (figuratively) to draw out, drag out, protract; procrastinate
  7. to speak, sing or perform music in a long, drawn out manner

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*soŕ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill