𐰇𐰭-

üŋ-

Meaning:
hollow out; gouge into
Details:

üŋ- means “to hollow something out; to gouge or dig into it”. The action creates a cavity, recess or excavation but does not necessarily pass completely through the object. It can therefore refer to hollowing wood, digging into the ground, excavating a foundation or burrowing into a material.

Word family

In modern languages

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Language Cognate
Turkmen -
Turkish (Azerbaijan) -
Turkish (Türkiye) -
Salar -
Gagauz -
Crimean -
Uyghur -
Uzbek -
Kazakh üŋgi
Nogai üŋgi
Siberian Tatar -
Kyrgyz üŋü
Altai -
Alan -
Kumyk -
Tatar -
Bashkir öŋ
Tıva -
Khakas -
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) -
Khalaj -
Chuvash -

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Translations

German:
aushöhlen; hineingraben
Russian:
выдалбливать; углубляться в
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
oymaq; içəriyə doğru qazmaq
Turkish (Türkiye):
oymak; içine doğru kazmak
  • Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish p. 169
    üŋ- ‘to dig a hole in (something Acc.); to hollow (it) out’; cf. 2 üş-; differs from 1 öt-, 1 i:r- in that the latter imply passage through an object, while üŋ- implies only partial penetration. Survives only(?) in NC Kir. üŋü-; Kzx. üŋğ-. Xak. xi ol yığa:ç üŋdi: naqaba’l-xaşab ‘he hollowed out the piece of wood (etc.)’; also used when one digs a hole for the foundation of a wall (etc.) (iḏa naqaba ussa’l-ḥā’iṭ) Kaş. I 174 (üŋe:r, üŋme:k): Kom. xiv ‘to dig, excavate’ üŋ- CCG; Gr.: Kip. xiv üŋ- (with -ŋ-) cawwafa bi’l-naqr ‘to hollow out, excavate’ İd. 25.