бөтөү

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *büt- (“to end, finish”).[1]

Cognate with Yakut бүт (büt, “to end, finish”).

Verb

бөтөү • (bötöw)

  1. (intransitive) to end, finish, be over
    Ҡарама олононан һут аҡһа, яҙғы һалҡындар бөтә.
    Qarama olononan hut aqha, yaźğı halqındar bötə.
    If sap oozes from elm tree trunk, spring frosts will be over.
  2. (transitive, takes object in indefinite accusative) to graduate from college, university

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