𐰖𐰞𐰍𐰀

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Old Turkic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yālga- (to lick). Cognate with Chuvash ҫула (śula), Khalaj yalğamaq, Turkish yalamak, Uzbek yalamoq, Bashkir ялау (yalaw), Yakut салаа (salaa), Tuvan чылгаар (çılgaar). Compare also Mongolian долоох (doloox, to lick).

Verb

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𐰖𐰞𐰍𐰀 (yalɣa-)

  1. (transitive) to lick
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 13
      𐰖𐰍𐰞𐰍:𐰴𐰢𐰃𐰲:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰯𐰣:𐰖𐰞𐰍𐰖𐰆:𐱅𐰃𐰼𐰃𐰠𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐰇𐰠𐰇𐰢𐰓𐰀:𐰆𐰔𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐱅𐰃𐰼
      yaɣlïɣ:qamïč:bulupan:yalɣayu:tirilmiš:ölümde:ozmïš:tér
      She kept herself alive by licking a greasy ladle (and thus) she escaped death, it says.

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