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ооба

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Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ebe (“good”)[1].

Cognate with Kazakh ауа (awa), Karakalpak awa, Turkish evet, Azerbaijani əvət, Crimean Tatar ebet, Karakhanid [script needed] (yemet, “yes”) and Chuvash аван (avan).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oːβɑ/
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Adverb

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ооба • (ooba) (Arabic spelling ووبا)

  1. yes
    Antonym: жок (jok)

References

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