ufalamak

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Shares common origin with ufatmak, ovmak and öğütmek, from Proto-Turkic *ub- (to crush, to mince, to grind)[1][2] with the suffix -le, took over semantic functions of "uvmak"[3] and "uvamak", examples of which can be found in Karakhanid and Old Uyghur.[4]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /u.fa.ɫaˈmak/
  • Hyphenation: u‧fa‧la‧mak

Verb[edit]

ufalamak (third-person singular simple present ufalar)

  1. (transitive) To break, crush or grind into smaller pieces; to crumble.
    Synonyms: ufatmak, ovalamak
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To rough up, to knock about.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ob-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ufak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. ^ Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “uvmak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5005
  4. ^ Çelik, Anıl. Türkiye Türkçesinde Anlamsal Döngü ve Döngülü Sözcük Örnekleri. Hiperyayın. İstanbul, 2020.

Further reading[edit]

  • ufalamak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu