Gagauz

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yālga- (to lick), the same root of Azerbaijani yalamaq and Turkish yalamak.[1]

Verb

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yalamaa

  1. (transitive) to lick, lick up

References

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  1. ^ András Rajki, A Concise Gagauz Dictionary with etymologies and Turkish, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar and Turkmen cognates, 2007
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