таак

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian так (tak)

Adverb

таак (taak)

1. in vain

References

• Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 425
• Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tiakïgu.

Noun

таак • (taak)

1. chicken

References

• “таак”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka [Altaic language Grammar], Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, 1869, →ISBN