𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽰

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *uyā, from Middle Chinese 窩 (ʔwa, “nest”).

𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽰 (ʾwyʾ /uya/)

1. nest, lair, shelter, den

   Synonym: 𑀬𑁆𑀬𑁄‌𑀮𑁆𑀬𑁄‌𑀕𑁆𑀬𑁄 (yyo‌lyo‌gyo /⁠yölögö⁠/)

   • c. 930 CE, anonymous, Ïrḳ Bitig Ïrḳ 31 (29:r05-r08):^[1]

     𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰯𐰣⸱𐰆
     𐰖𐰀𐰽𐰃𐰭𐰺𐰆⸱
     𐰇𐰏𐰃𐱁𐰀⸱𐰾𐰋
     𐰃𐰤𐰇⸱𐰚𐰠𐰃𐱁

     b¹ul¹upn¹⸱u
     y¹as¹iŋr¹u⸱
     ügiša⸱s²b²
     in²ü⸱kl²iš

     /Bulupan, uyasïŋaru ögi[r]e sebinü keli[r.]/

     After having found [its prey], [the tiger] comes back to its den, rejoicing and happy.

   • Kuchean-Uyghur bilingual fragment (Katalog-Nr. 232.1) U5208.06 (v06):^[2]

     𑀰​‌𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀺‌𑀥𑀸 […] 𑀢𑁄‌𑀢𑀺‌𑀡𑀺𑀀 […] 𑀉‌𑀬​‌𑀲𑀺‌𑀡𑀸 […]

     śa​‌ssi‌dhā […] to‌ti‌ṇim̐ […] u‌ya​‌si‌ṇā […]

     / […] ṣ̌asïda, totïŋïn uyasïŋā[ru]/

     […] by the balustrade, towards the parrot's nest […]

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “uya”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 269
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “uya:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 267
• Dieter, Maue (2015) Alttürkische Handschriften: Dokumente in Brāhmī und Tibetischer Schrift (Teil 2) (Verzeichnis der orientalischen handschriften in Deutschland; 27) (in German), →ISBN, pages 499-501
• Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), “UJA (II)”, in Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 607
• Tekin, Mehmet Talât (2004) Irk Bitig: Book of Omens (Turcologica; 18), →ISBN, pages 16-17
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “uya”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 810