туң

See also: тун, тӱн, and Appendix:Variations of "tun"

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *toŋ (“frozen; frost”).[1]

Cognate with Kyrgyz тоң (toŋ, “frost, frozen”), Turkish don (“frost”), Tuvan доң (doñ, “frozen”), Yakut тоҥ (toñ, “frozen”), Chuvash тӑм (tăm, “frost”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tuŋ]
  • Hyphenation: туң (one syllable)

Adjective

туң • (tuñ)

  1. frozen
    Ҡыш ҡарһыҙ булғанға ер туң, һыу ергә һеңә алмай, шуға йылғалар таша.
    Qış qarhıź bulğanğa yer tuñ, hıw yergə heñə almay, şuğa yılğalar taşa.
    Because the winter has been without snow, soil is frozen, water cannot get absorbed into soil, this is why rivers flood.

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