ямау

Bashkir

Etymology

From *yamağ (patch), from Proto-Turkic *yama- (to patch).

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (jamaγ, patch); Kazakh жамау (jamau), Kyrgyz жамоо (jamoo), Karachay-Balkar жамау (jamau), Kumyk ямав (yamaw, patch); Uzbek yamoq, Uyghur ياماق (yamaq, patch); Turkmen ýama, Turkish yama, Azerbaijani yamaq (patch); also Yakut самалык (samalık, patch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɑˈmɑw]
  • Hyphenation: я‧мау

Noun

ямау • (yamaw)

  1. patch, piece of cloth sewed on an old garment to repair it

Declension

Declension of ямау
singular plural
absolute ямау (yamaw) ямауҙар (yamawźar)
definite genitive ямауҙың (yamawźıñ) ямауҙарҙың (yamawźarźıñ)
dative ямауға (yamawğa) ямауҙарға (yamawźarğa)
definite accusative ямауҙы (yamawźı) ямауҙарҙы (yamawźarźı)
locative ямауҙа (yamawźa) ямауҙарҙа (yamawźarźa)
ablative ямауҙан (yamawźan) ямауҙарҙан (yamawźarźan)