хой

Andi

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Northeast Caucasian *χːHwеje.

Noun

хой (xoj)

1. dog

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Khakas

Etymology

From Old Turkic koñ, from Proto-Turkic.

list of cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani qoyun, Turkmen goýun, Kazakh қой (qoi), Uzbek qo'y, Siberian Tatar ҡуй,Crimean Tatar qoy,Kyrgyz кой (koy),Tuvan хой (xoy),Chagatai кой (koy),Uyghur قوي‎ (qoy).

Noun

хой • (xoy)

1. sheep

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Tundra Nenets

Хой (1).

Хой (2).

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *koəjə. Cognates include Nganasan куәде and Forest Nenets кой.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxojə/

Noun

хой • (xoy°)

1. mountain
2. hill

References

• 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

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Tuvan

Etymology

From Common Turkic *qoy (“sheep”), from Proto-Turkic.

list of cognates

Cognate with Khakas хой (xoy), Tofa һой, Western Yugur qoy, Azerbaijani qoyun, Turkish koyun, Turkmen goýun, Salar ğoy, Kazakh қой (qoi), Kyrgyz кой (koy), Southern Altai кой (koy), Siberian Tatar ҡуй, Crimean Tatar qoy, Karachay-Balkar къой (qoy), Uzbek qo'y, Chagatai قوي‎, Uyghur قوي‎ (qoy), etc.

Noun

хой • (xoy) (definite accusative хойну, plural хойлар)

1. sheep

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Yakut

Etymology

See the Khakas and Tuvan entries above.

Noun

хой • (xoy)

1. sheep, ram

   хой үөрэ ― xoy üöre ― a herd of sheep

   Synonym: бараан (baraan)

Derived terms

• хой баһа (xoy baha, “rubbish, nonsense”)