Yukaghir
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian юкагир (jukagir). The part yuka- may derive from Southern Yukaghir juke (“far, distant”) or juk (“small”), if not from a word from some other language, because the most common endonyms used by Yukaghirs are Southern Yukaghir одул (odul) and Northern Yukaghir вадул (wadul). The suffix -ghir is likely from Evenki -гир (-gir), which is a very common ending in names of Evenki, Even and Orochon tribes. [1]
Noun edit
Yukaghir (plural Yukaghirs)
- a person with Yukaghir nationality
Adjective edit
Yukaghir (not comparable)
- pertaining to the Yukaghir ethnic group of Siberia.
Proper noun edit
Yukaghir
- (linguistics) A language family consisting of two closely related languages spoken in Siberia.
Translations edit
a Yukaghir person
See also edit
References edit
Jochelson, Waldemar: 1926, The Yukaghir and the Yukaghirized Tungus. Memoirs of the AMNH; vol.13. New York: G.E. Stechert 1910-1926.