укҫа

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Chuvash

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *āk (white). Morphologically ук (uk) +‎ -ҫа (-śa). Cognate with Tatar акча (aqça), Bashkir аҡса, Kyrgyz акча (akca), Kazakh ақша (aqşa), Southern Altai акча (akča), Kumyk акъча (aqça), Karachay-Balkar ахча (axça), Crimean Tatar aqça, Turkish akçe, Khakas ахча (axça), Shor ақча, Tuvan акша (akşa), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /uk.ɕa/
  • Hyphenation: ук‧ҫа

Noun

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укҫа (ukśa)

  1. money
  2. coin