оок

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *o:

Interjection

оок (ook)

1. expresses joy

References

• Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 318
• Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka

Southern Altai

Etymology

Cognate with Tatar вак (waq), Kazakh уақ (uaq), Kyrgyz убак (ubak), Khakas оох (oox), Uzbek uvoq, Uyghur ئۇۋاق (uwaq), Crimean Tatar ufaq/vaq, Turkish ufak (“small”), etc.

Adjective

оок • (ook)

1. small

Derived terms

• оок-теек (ook-teek)

References

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “оок”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN