Names of Cereals in the Turkic Languages - Wydział Filologiczny UJ

82 suly || Ryelanguages:Kklp.: sulli, suly || Nog.: suly || Trkm.: süleetymology: see saly ‘rice’commentary:This word is widespread in the Tkc. languages, but usually in the meaning of ‘rice’.Also in Kklp. it is present in this meaning, in the form of saly.The unusual meaning here might result simply from a lack of orientation or, lessprobably, from the weed-like character of rye; cf. budaj (although rye grows mostly infields of wheat, not rice).