туора

Yakut

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) See Bashkir тура (tura) for a lengthy list of cognates, and see also Proto-Turkic *tüŕ (“straight, even”).

Adjective

туора • (tuora)

  1. foreign
    туора дьон ― tuora jon ― foreigners
    туора киһи көмөтө ― tuora kihi kömötö ― the help of an outsider

Adverb

туора • (tuora)

  1. across
    туора түс ― tuora tüs ― (literal) to fall across, (idiomatic) to oppose

Postposition

туора • (tuora)

  1. across, astride
    оҕуһу туора миин ― oğuhu tuora miin ― to sit astride a bull

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian трефа (trefa).

Noun

туора • (tuora)

  1. (card games) clubs (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣)

See also

Suits in Yakut · хаарты маастара (qaartı maastara) (layout · text)
чиэрбэ (cierbe) буугунай (buugunay) эбиэн (ebien) туора (tuora)
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