ытык

Nivkh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɤtɤk/

Noun

ытык (ətək) (plural ытыкху)

1. (Amur) father (male parent)
2. (Amur) uncle
3. (Amur) brother of the husband of one's aunt (specifically of one's mother's sister)
4. (Amur) brother-in-law (sister's husband)
5. (Amur) brother of the husband of the sister of one's father-in-law (specifically of one's wife's father)

Synonyms

• ытк (ətk)

Yakut

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ïduk (“sacred”).

Adjective

ытык • (ıtık)

1. sacrificial, sacred

Noun

ытык • (ıtık)

1. victim
2. (religion, by extension) sacrifice, something sacred

Derived terms

• ытыктаа (ıtıktaa, “to honour, to respect”)

Etymology 2

From ытый (ıtıy).

Noun

ытык • (ıtık)

1. tool for churning butter