хой
AndiEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Proto-Northeast Caucasian *χːHwеje.
NounEdit
хой (xoj)
KhakasEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Turkic koñ, from Proto-Turkic.
list of cognates
NounEdit
хой • (xoy)
Tundra NenetsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Samoyedic *koəjə. Cognates include Nganasan куәде and Forest Nenets кой.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
хой • (xoy°)
ReferencesEdit
- A. P. Pyrerka and N. M. Tereshenko, editors (1948) Русско-Ненецкий словарь [Russian-Nenets dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, pages 60, 300
- Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 35
TuvanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Common Turkic *qoy (“sheep”), from Proto-Turkic.
list of cognates
NounEdit
хой • (xoy) (definite accusative хойну, plural хойлар)
YakutEdit
EtymologyEdit
See the Khakas and Tuvan entries above.
NounEdit
хой • (xoy)
Derived termsEdit
- хой баһа (xoy baha, “rubbish, nonsense”)