ууш
Southern Altai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *ạbuč (“palm, handful”).
Cognate withKazakh уыс (wıs),Kyrgyz ууч (uuç, “handful”),Turkish avuç (“palm, handful”).
Noun
ууш • (uuš)
- handful
Reference
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ууш”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ, M.: OGIZ, →ISBN