баштау
Bashkir
Alternative forms
- башлау (bašlaw) (Standard Bashkir, South, North-West)
Etymology
Eastern Bashkir form of Standard башлау (bašlaw) (see there for more).
Compare with Kazakh бастау (bastaw),Kyrgyz башта- (başta-),Southern Altai башта- (bašta-),Khakas паста- (pasta-),Chulym башта- (“to begin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bɑʂ.tɑ-]
Verb
баштау • (baštaw) (Eastern Bashkir)
- (transitive, intransitive) to begin (sth., to do sth.)