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IOL 2007 Problem #5 Turkish and Tatar
Given are pairs of cognate words of two closely related languages — Turkish and Tatar. Some words have been left out:
Turkish | Tartar | Translation |
bandır | mandır | dip! |
yelken | cilkän | sail |
onuncu | unınçı | tenth |
baytar | baytar | vet |
yiğirmi | yegerme | twenty |
bencil | minçel | selfish |
güreş | köräş | wrestling |
işlesem | eşläsäm | if I work |
büyük | böyek | great |
yıldırım | yıldırım | lightning |
bunda | monda | in this, here |
yetiştir | citeşter | convey! |
göğer | kügär | become blue! |
bozacı | buzaçı | boza handler |
gerekli | kiräkle | necessary |
boyun | muyın | neck |
uzun | ozın | long |
yöneliş | yünäleş | direction |
osta | master | |
küzänäk | pore | |
yılan | snake | |
yedişer | seven each | |
bilezik | bracelet | |
üstünde | on top of | |
bin | mount! | |
yumru | lump, swelling |
(a) Fill the gaps.
⚠ The letters ä, ı, ö, ü stand for specific vowels (the first two are not unlike the ones in cat and bird respectively), while ğ is a specific Turkish consonant; c, ç, ş, y are pronounced as the initial consonants in jet, chip, ship, yet. Boza is a weakly alcoholic drink made from millet.
—Ivan Derzhanski