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ovmak

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to massage, knead, rub
  2. (transitive) to rub, scrub, scour

Etymology

In summary

From Proto-Turkic *ob- (“to crush, mince, grind”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (uv-, “to crumble, pulverize”), Azerbaijani ovmaq (“to crumble, massage”), Bashkir ыуыу (ıwıw, “to grind, pound”), Southern Altai ӱйер (üyer, “to rub”).

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