тәү
Bashkir
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *teb (“time; initial, early”).
Compare to Tatar тәү (täw, “initial, first”); 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
Adjective
тәү • (təw)
Adverb
тәү • (təw)
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.