әйтеү

Bashkir

Etymology

From *ayt- (“to say, utter”), from Proto-Turkic *ayɨt- (“to say; ask”)[1], which (as seen in Old Uyghur, Yakut, Chuvash cognates) was originally a causative form of an earlier *āy- (“to say, to tell”).

Compare to Tatar әйтү (äytü, “to say”), Kazakh айту (aitu, “to say”), Kyrgyz айтуу (aytuu, “to say”), Crimean Tatar aytmaq (“to say”), Uzbek aytmoq (“to say”), Uyghur ئېيتماق‎ (ëytmaq, “to say”), Kumyk айтмакъ (aytmaq, “to say”), dialectal Khakas айт- (ayt-, “to say”), айыт- (ayıt-, “to sing”), Turkish ayıtmak (“to say”); Old Uyghur [script needed] (ajït-, “to have/make/let sb. say”)[2], Yakut ыйыт- (ıyıt-, “to ask”), Chuvash ыйт (yjt, “to ask”).

Verb

әйтеү • (äytew)

  1. to say, tell
    Атайыңа сәләм әйт!
    Atayıŋa säläm äyt!
    Say hello to your father!
  2. utter, pronounce
    Ҡәнәғәт түгелһең икән — үҙ һүҙеңде әйт, тәңҡитлә, фекер алыш.
    Qänäğät tügelheŋ ikän — üð hüðeŋde äyt, täŋqitlä, feker alış.
    If you are not content — (then) voice your opinion (give your comment), criticize, exchange opinions.
    Ауыҙы ни әйткәнде ҡолағы ишетмәй.
    Awıðı ni äytkände qolağı işetmäy.
    (One's) ears do not hear what (his/her) mouth utters.
  3. to let know, notify, communicate

Derived terms

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ạj-ɨt-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969) Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 29
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