ятыу

From Proto-Turkic *yat- (“to lie”)[1].

Cognate with Kazakh жату (jatu), Kumyk ятмакъ (yatmaq), Kyrgyz жатуу (jatuu), Uzbek yotmoq, Turkmen ýatmak, Azerbaijani yatmaq, Turkish yatmak (“to lie”).

ятыу • (yatıw) (intransitive)

1. to lie, be in horizontal position
   • Ural-batyr (Bashkir folk epic):

   Һомай ҡош тунын кейеп шундуҡ осоп килгән ти // Үле ятҡан Уралдың ауыҙынан үпкән, ти.

   Homay qoş tunın keyep şunduq osop kilgän ti // Üle yatqan Uraldıŋ awıðınan üpkän, ti.

   The bird Umay donned her fur coat, immediately came flying, (and) kissed Ural, who was lying dead, on his mouth.

2. to go to bed
3. to stay at some location for some time

   Ныҡ ҡына ауырып китеп, дауаханала ике аҙна ятып сыҡтым.

   Nıq qına awırıp kitep, dawaxanala ike aðna yatıp sıqtım.

   I became very ill and spent two weeks in the hospital.

4. (of objects whose height is smaller than width) to be in a certain place, be at a certain located somewhere