һуҙыу

һуҙыу

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *soŕ- (“to stretch; to drag”)[1].

Compare withKumyk созмакъ (sozmaq, “to stretch, protract”),Crimean Tatar sozmaq (“to lengen”),Kazakh созу (sozw, “to lengen, extend”).

Verb

һуҙыу • (huðïw) (transitive)

1. to stretch, lengthen by pulling
2. to stretch, extend physically

   Ул нисәмә тапҡыр телефон кабелен фронттың алғы һыҙығына һуҙҙы.

   Ul nisämä tapqïr telefon kabelen fronttïñ alğï hïðïğïna huððï.

   So many times (at war), he stretched the telephone line to the front line.

3. (hand, an object in hand) to extend, hold out

   Synonym: һоноу (honou)

4. (leg) to stretch, stretch out

   Synonym: яҙыу (yaðïw)

5. (figuratively) to stretch, get more use than expected from a limited resource
6. (figuratively) to drag out, protract; procrastinate
7. to speak, sing or perform music in a long, drawn out manner

Derived terms

• һуҙынҡы (huðïnqï, “vowel”)

References

1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) , “*soŕ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill