әбей
Bashkir
Etymology
A front vowel parallel to Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”). Front row variant äbey is recent and may have a Mongolian origin. For more see апай (apay).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [æˈβɪj], (NW) [æˈbiʲ]
- Hyphenation: ә‧бей
Noun
әбей • (äbey)
- old woman
- Бер ауылда ярлы ғына әбей йәшәгән, аның Йәнтимер исемле 12 йәшле улы булған ти.(From a fairy-tale)
- Ber awılda yarlı ğına äbey yäşägän, anıŋ Yäntimer isemle 12 yäşle ulı bulğan ti.
- A rather poor old woman lived in a village, she had a 12-year old son called Yäntimer.
- (family term) the elder sister of the speaker's father or mother
- (Eastern Bashkir, North-Western Bashkir) an address to a woman older than the speaker's mother
Declension
Inflection of әбей (äbey)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | әбей (äbey) | әбейҙәр (äbeyðär) |
| definite genitive | әбейҙең (äbeyðeŋ) | әбейҙәрҙең (äbeyðärðeŋ) |
| dative | әбейгә (äbeygä) | әбейҙәргә (äbeyðärgä) |
| definite accusative | әбейҙе (äbeyðe) | әбейҙәрҙе (äbeyðärðe) |
| locative | әбейҙә (äbeyðä) | әбейҙәрҙә (äbeyðärðä) |
| ablative | әбейҙән (äbeyðän) | әбейҙәрҙән (äbeyðärðän) |
See also
- инәй (inäy, “address to a woman older than the speaker's mother”) (Southern Bashkir, Standard)
References
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*apa/ *apa”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill