Proto-Turkic: *buta-
Meaning: 1 основные нитки 2 bast, bass (for ropes)
Russian meaning: 1 основные нитки 2 лыко, мочало (для веревок)
Karakhanid: butar (MK) 1 (Clauson's 'papyrus reed' is hardly correct; one should rather translate it as 'warp of cotton cloth') Chuvash: pъʷdъʷr 2
Comments: EDT 307. Cf. also (ДТС 89) batatu 'cotton yarn', in a medical text. turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-krh,turcet-chv,turcet-reference,