тәү

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *teb (“time; initial, early”).

Compare to Tatar тәү (täw, “initial, first”); Southern Altai тем (tem, “time”), Shor тем (tem, “time”), Tuvan теппиже (teppije, “ahead of time, before due time”).

Alternatively, Akhmetyanov suggests derivation from a hypothesized *täg (“initial, first”), citing Kyrgyz тек (tek, “origin, social background”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tæw]
• Hyphenation: тәү (one syllable)

Adjective

тәү • (təw)

1. first, initial

Adverb

тәү • (təw)

1. initially, at first, for the first time

Derived terms

• тәүҙә (təwźə, “at first”)
• тәүге (təwge, “first, initial”)
• тәүтормош (təwtormoş, “primitive, primordial”)
• тәүлек (təwlek, “day and night, 24 hours”)

References

• R. Akhmetyanov (2015). Etimologicheskiy slovar' tatarskogo yazyka. // An Etymological Dictionary of Tatar Language. Kazan: Magarif-Vakyt publishers, ISBN not specified. vol.2, p.249.