һуҙыу

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *soŕ- (to stretch; to drag)[1].

Compare with Kumyk созмакъ (sozmaq, to stretch, protract), Crimean Tatar sozmaq (to lengen), Kazakh созу (sozw, to lengen, extend).

Verb

һуҙыу (huðïw) (transitive)

  1. to stretch, lengthen by pulling
  2. to stretch, extend physically
    Ул нисәмә тапҡыр телефон кабелен фронттың алғы һыҙығына һуҙҙы.
    Ul nisämä tapqïr telefon kabelen fronttïñ alğï hïðïğïna huððï.
    So many times (at war), he stretched the telephone line to the front line.
  3. (hand, an object in hand) to extend, hold out
    Synonym: һоноу (honou)
  4. (leg) to stretch, stretch out
    Synonym: яҙыу (yaðïw)
  5. (figuratively) to stretch, get more use than expected from a limited resource
  6. (figuratively) to drag out, protract; procrastinate
  7. to speak, sing or perform music in a long, drawn out manner
Derived terms

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) , *soŕ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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