ҡыуыу

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kob- (“to drive, pursue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qɯ̞w-] (verb stem)

Verb

ҡыуыу • (qıwıw)

1. to compel to move
   1. to drive away, chase away, expel, to force to leave a place

   Ҡыума мине. Минең башҡа барыр ерем юҡ.

   Qıwma meni. Meniñ başqa barır yirim yoq.

   Don't boot me out. I don't have any other place to go.

   1. (animals) to drive, drove, goad, herd
   2. to banish, exile, to send someone away from a place and forbid from returning

      Synonym: һөрөү (hürüw)

2. to compel to move fast(er)
   1. to hurry, rush
   2. (vehicle) to drive fast, speed
3. to pursue, chase, follow urgently, especially with intent to capture, harm, or overtake

   1. Synonym: баҫтырыу (baśtırıw)

4. (figurative) to pursue a goal
5. (age) to be approaching a certain age
6. (habit, custom, tradition) to have, be in; keep, support, practice

   Мәмбәт, ҡаҙаҡтарға ҡайтҡас, насар ғәҙәт ҡыуа башлай: хәрәм үлгән малды дөрөҫ тип таба.

   Mämbät, qaðaqtarğa qaytqas, nasar ğäðät qıwa başlay: xäräm ölgän maldı dürüś tep taba.

   When Mämbät returned to the Kazakhs, (he) developed a bad habit: (he) found it appropriate (to eat the meat of) cattle that had died in the non-halal way (i.e. in violation of the sharia law).

Derived terms

• эшҡыуар (işqıwar, “entrepreneur”)