салуу

• IPA^(key): /sa.lʊ/, [sa.lo̙]
• Hyphenation: са‧луу

салуу • (saluu)

1. spacious

From Proto-Turkic *sal- (“to put, throw, drop, lower”).

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (sal-, “to let go, free, lower”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (sal-, “to swing”) Azerbaijani salmaq (“to drop, lower”), Bashkir һалыу (halıw, “to put”), Crimean Tatar salmaq (“to put”), Chuvash сулма (sulma, “to swing, throw, put, impose”), Turkish salmak, Turkmen salmak (“to put, place”), Tuvan салыр (salır, “to put, place, let go”), Uzbek solmoq.

салуу • (saluu) (Arabic spelling سالۇۇ)

1. to put (in), to set (down); to move (something) (somewhere)

   Атка чөп салып кой.

   Atka cöp salıp koy.

   Give the horse some hay.

   Барсак, эт салып берди.

   Barsak, et salıp berdi.

   When we arrived, he made us some meat (put the meat in the pot).

   төшөк салуу

   töşök saluu

   to make the bed

   Москвадан келип, сөз салып берди.

   Moskvadan kelip, söz salıp berdi.

   When she came back from Moscow she told us all about it.

2. to head towards

   Үйдү көздөй салды.

   Üydü közdöy saldı.

   He headed (toward) home.

   кайра салуу

   kayra saluu

   to head back

3. to harness, to yoke

   бугуга салган чана

   buguga salgan cana

   a reindeer-drawn sleigh

4. to rely on, to unleash

   көптүгүнө салып

   köptügünö salıp

   relying on their numbers

5. to make, to compel

   жумушка салуу

   jumuşka saluu

   to make (sb.) work

6. (auxiliary) (after present perfective or imperfective participle) to do completely, decisively, quickly, unexpectedly, hastily, or without thinking it through

   Алар эшик адына келе салды.

   Alar eşik adına kele saldı.

   They came up to the door.

   Кызымды бере салайын.

   Kızımdı bere salayın.

   I think I'll marry off my daughter.

   Бара сала, кабар айт.

   Bara sala, kabar ayt.

   Let me know as soon as you get there.

   Бала карышкырдын сүрөтүн көрө сала таанышын көргөндөй ичинен кубанып алды.

   Bala karışkırdın sürötün körö sala taanışın körgöndöy icinen kubanıp aldı.

   The boy was so happy when he saw the picture of the wolf that he felt like he'd seen someone he knew.

   Тим эле айта салдым.

   Tim ele ayta saldım.

   I just said it (without any ulterior motive).

   Ал макаланы жаза салды.

   Al makalanı jaza saldı.

   He wrote the article (without thinking it over).

   Жаңылыш айтып салды.

   Jaŋılış aytıp saldı.

   He misspoke.

   Ал макаланы бир отурганда эле жазып салды.

   Al makalanı bir oturganda ele jazıp saldı.

   He wrote the article in one sitting.

   Төртүнчү маселени алып салдык.

   Törtüncü maseleni alıp saldık.

   We took out the fourth issue (from the agenda).

7. (auxiliary) (after -максан form in dative) to pretend not to

   Ал мени укмаксанга салчу.

   Al meni ukmaksanga salcu.

   He usually pretended not to hear me.