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Селәүсен.

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *sïbuĺgan (earthworm).[1]

Cognate with Tatar суалчан (suwalçan, worm), Kazakh шылаушын (şylauşyn, earthworm), Uzbek chuvalchang (earthworm), Turkish solucan (worm).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sɪ̞.læw.ˈsɪ̞n]
  • Hyphenation: се‧ләү‧сен

Noun

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селәүсен (seləwsen)

  1. earthworm

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sɨbuĺgan”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill