Bashkir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mongolic *ǯalga- (to fasten, join).

Cognate with Kazakh жалғау (jalğau, make longer, splice).

Verb

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ялғау (yalğaw) (transitive)

 
Ялғанған бау.
A spliced rope.
  1. to splice, tie together, concatenate
  2. (botany) to engraft (upon), to inoculate (with)
  3. (clothes) to make longer, lengthen, let down (pants/trousers, skirt etc.)

Noun

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ялғау (yalğaw)

  1. (clothes) inset, gusset, godet
  2. (linguistics) ending, inflection

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