donmaa

Gagauz

Cyrillic донмаа

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish طوكمق (doŋmaq), from Proto-Turkic *toŋ-. Cognate with Turkish donmak, Azerbaijani donmaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /donˈmaː/, /dunˈmaː/
  • Hyphenation: don‧maa

Verb

donmaa (third-person singular simple present donar)

  1. (intransitive) to freeze (to become solid due to low temperature), to congeal
    su donêr suuktan ― the water is freezing from the cold
  2. (intransitive) to suffer from the cold
    Synonym: üşümää
  3. (intransitive) to freeze to death
  4. (intransitive) to freeze, remain motionless

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Çebotar, Petri, Dron, Ion (2002) “donmaa”, in Gagauzça-Rusça-Romınca Sözlük [Gagauz-Russian-Romanian Dictionary], Chișinău: Pontos Press, →ISBN, page 210
  • Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “donmaa”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 57
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