Southern Yukaghir edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian шесток (šestok).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃøʃˈtok]
  • Rhymes: -ok
  • Hyphenation: шөш‧ток

Noun edit

шөшток (šøštok)

  1. staff, stick
  2. perch, post, roost
  3. a hearth platform in front of a stove
    • 2007, M. I. Turpanova, Чолҕораадиэ [The Bunny]:
      Шөшток, дьэ оҕоой.
      Šøštok, dʹe ohōj.
      Well, there stood a šøštok.

Declension edit

References edit

  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 25