быуа

From Proto-Turkic *bog- (“strangle; block, hinder”). Cognate with Tatar буа (bua), Southern Altai буук (buuk).

The Proto-Turkic verbal archetype has a palatal parallel *bög- (“block, hinder”), hence Kazakh бөгет (böget), Kyrgyz бөгөт (bögöt), Southern Altai бӧгӧт (bögöt, “dam”).

• IPA^(key): [bɯ̞ˈwɑ]
• Hyphenation: бы‧уа

быуа • (bıwa)

1. dam, a structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow
2. the water reservoir resulting from placing such structure

   Яҙ көнө ныҡ ташҡын булып, быуа йырылып киткән.

   Yað könö nıq taşqın bulıp, bıwa yırılıp kitkän.

   In the spring, there was a great flood, and the dam burst.

3. pond