өсәү
Bashkir
Etymology
From *üčägü (“three as a group”), from Proto-Turkic *üč (“three”).
Cognate withKazakh үшеу (üşew, “three people as a group”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʏ̞ˈsæw]
- Hyphenation: ө‧сәү
Numeral
өсәү • (ösäw)
- (collective numeral) three
- Сабан ат, яман ҡатын, ҡыйыш мылтыҡ — шул өсәү ир-егетте ҡартайталыр.(Aqmulla)
- Saban at, yaman qatïn, qïyïš mïltïq — šul ösäw ir-yegette qartaytalïr.
- A lazy horse, an evil wife, (and) a crooked rifle — these three (things) make a man grow old.