уйнау

Bashkir
Актёрҙар сәхнәлә уйнай.
Actors performing on the scene.

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *oyna- (“to play”).[1]

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (ojna-, “to play”); Uyghur ئوينىماق (oynimaq, “to play”), Turkish oynamak (“to play”), Tuvan ойнаар (oynaar, “to play”), Yakut оонньоо (oonnyoo, “to play”), etc.

Verb

уйнау • (uynaw)

  1. (intransitive) to play, to act so as to have fun
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to play a musical instrument
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to act, perform a role in theater or a film
  4. (transitive, intransitive) to play, as in perform in (a sport) or to participate in (a game)

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