туң
See also: тун and тӱн
Bashkir
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *doŋ (“frozen; frost”).
Cognate withKyrgyz тоң (toñ, “frost, frozen”),Turkish don (“frost”),Tuvan доң (doŋ, “frozen”),Yakut тоҥ (toŋ, “frozen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tuŋ]
- Hyphenation: туң (one syllable)
Adjective
туң • (tuñ)
- frozen
- Ҡыш ҡарһыҙ булғанға ер туң, һыу ергә һеңә алмай, шуға йылғалар таша.
- Qïš qarhïð bulğanğa yer tuñ, hïw yergä heñä almay, šuğa yïlğalar taša.
- Because the winter has been without snow, soil is frozen, water cannot get absorbed into soil, this is why rivers flood.