Dungan edit

Etymology edit

Cognate to Standard Mandarin (guǐ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

гуй (guy) (II)

  1. ghost; spirit

Erzya edit

 
Гуй.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *kuj, inherited from Proto-Uralic *kije or *küje. Cognates include Moksha куй (kuj), Finnish kyy (viper), dialectal Estonian küü (slowworm), Udmurt кый (kyj), Hungarian kígyó (snake).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

гуй (guj)

  1. snake
    Synonym: ёзнэ (jozne)

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