вула

Chuvash

Etymology

According to Jegorov, grown with prothetic в- (v-) from ула (ula, to howl, cry), "the illiterate Chuvash equating reading to howling".[1] The latter is inherited from Proto-Turkic *ūlï- and is cognate with Turkish ulumak, Azerbaijani ulamaq.[2]

Alternatively, according to Fedotov, cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ula-, to connect): typologically compare German lesen (to gather; to read).[3]

Verb

вула • (vula)

  1. to read

References

  1. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “вула”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, pages 56–57
  2. ^ Fener, Kubilay (2021) “Okı- fiili “Ok”tan mı geliyor?”, in Gazi Türkiyat[1] (in Turkish), number 29, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi, pages 247-257
  3. ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “вула- / вола- / вала- / вӑла-/ воло-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume I, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 130

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvuɫa]

Noun

вула • (vulaf (diminutive вуле)

  1. flue
    Synonyms: борија (borija), ќунк (ḱunk)

Declension

Declension of вула
singular plural
indefinite вула (vula) вули (vuli)
definite unspecified вулата (vulata) вулите (vulite)
definite proximal вулава (vulava) вуливе (vulive)
definite distal вулана (vulana) вулине (vuline)
vocative вуло (vulo) вули (vuli)