Comments:EAS 55, KW 457, SKE 209, Lee 1958, 110, Poppe 12, 112, Цинциус 1984, 57, Martin 226. Not borrowed in TM < Mong., despite Rozycki 81. In Turk. the root has probably merged with *ŭĺi 'to freeze' q. v. (cf. the meaning 'to blow (of a cold wind)' in Chuv.).