баштау

Bashkir

Alternative forms

  • башлау (başlaw) (Standard Bashkir, South, North-West)

Etymology

Eastern Bashkir form of Standard башлау (başlaw) (see there for more).

Compare with Kazakh бастау (bastau), Kyrgyz баштоо (baştoo), Southern Altai башта- (bašta-), Khakas паста- (pasta-), Chulym башта- (“to begin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɑʂ.tɑ-]

Verb

баштау • (baştaw) (Eastern Bashkir)

  1. (ambitransitive) to begin (sth., to do sth.)
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