Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *uya (nest; place inhabited by an animal). Compare Turkish yuva (nest, home).

Noun edit

уйа (uya)

  1. nest

Further reading edit

  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “уйа”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Yakut edit

Etymology edit

See above.

Noun edit

уйа (uya)

  1. nest