ҫула

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sula"

Chuvash

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yalga- (“to lick”).[1][2]

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰞𐰍𐰀 (yalɣa-), Turkish yalamak, Uzbek yalamoq, Bashkir ялау (yalaw) and Yakut салаа (salaa).

Verb

ҫула or ҫӑвла • (śula or śăvla)

  1. (transitive) to lick

Etymology 2

From ҫу (śu, “oil”) +‎ -ла (-la).

Comparable to Turkish yağlamak (“to lubricate with oil”).

Verb

ҫула • (śula)

  1. (transitive) to smear with oil

References
  1. Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “ҫула”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 132
  2. Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “ҫула”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 217

Further reading
  • “ҫула”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎ (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
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