uxu
Central Mazahua
Noun
uxu
Salar
Etymology
Cognate to Turkish uyku, Turkmen ūky.
Noun
uxu (3rd person possessive uxusı, plural uxular)
- (archaic) sleep, sleepiness
- Uxu-r yoxqen tañ uzaq.
- If there is no sleepiness, dusk is long.
- Uxu gi(l)mur.
- I can not sleep. (lit. Sleep does not come to me.)
Derived terms
- uxucin (“sleepy”)
References
- 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “uxu”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 21
- Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “uxu”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 170
- 进锋张 [Ayso Cañ Cinfen] (2008), 乌璐别格 [Ulubeğ], 鄭初陽 [Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ], editors, 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar İbret Sözler, Salar Proverbs][2], China Salar Youth League, page 29
- Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “uxu”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 300
Temascaltepec Nahuatl
Noun
uxu
- bear.