ятыу

Bashkir
Йөҙтүбән ятҡан тениссы
A tennis player lying face-down.

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yat- (“to lie”).[1]

Cognate with Kazakh жату (jatu), Kumyk ятмакъ (yatmaq), Kyrgyz жатуу (jatuu), Uzbek yotmoq, Turkmen ýatmak, Azerbaijani yatmaq, Turkish yatmak (“to lie”).

Verb

ятыу • (yatıw) (intransitive)

  1. to lie, be in horizontal position
    Һомай ҡош тунын кейеп шундуҡ осоп килгән ти // Үле ятҡан Уралдың ауыҙынан үпкән, ти.
    Homay qoş tunın keyep şunduq osop kilgən ti // Üle yatqan Uraldıñ awıźınan üpkən, ti.
    The bird Umay donned her fur coat, immediately came flying, (and) kissed Ural, who was lying dead, on his mouth.
  2. to go to bed
  3. to stay at some location for some time
    Ныҡ ҡына ауырып китеп, дауаханала ике аҙна ятып сыҡтым.
    Nıq qına awırıp kitep, dawaxanala ike aźna yatıp sıqtım.
    I became very ill and spent two weeks in the hospital.
  4. to be in a certain place, be at a certain located somewhere (of objects whose height is smaller than width)

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