ятыу
Bashkir
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *yat- (“to lie”)[1].
Cognate withKazakh жату (jatw), Kumyk ятмакъ (yatmaq), Kyrgyz жатуу (catuu), Uzbek yotmoq, Turkmen ýatmak, Azerbaijani yatmaq, Turkish yatmak (“to lie”).
Verb
ятыу • (yatïw) (intransitive)
- to lie, be in horizontal position
- Ural-batyr (Bashkir folk epic):
- Һомай ҡош тунын кейеп шундуҡ осоп килгән ти // Үле ятҡан Уралдың ауыҙынан үпкән, ти.
- Homay qoš tunïn keyep šunduq osop kilgän ti // Üle yatqan Uraldïñ awïðïnan üpkän, ti.
- The bird Umay donned her fur coat, immediately came flying, (and) kissed Ural, who was lying dead, on his mouth.
- to go to bed
- to stay at some location for some time
- Ныҡ ҡына ауырып китеп, дауаханала ике аҙна ятып сыҡтым.
- Nïq qïna awïrïp kitep, dawaxanala ike aðna yatïp sïqtïm.
- I became very ill and spent two weeks in the hospital.
- (of objects whose height is smaller than width) to be in a certain place, be at a certain located somewhere
References
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) , “*jat-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill