Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *yum- (round).

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (jumɣaq, globular or round thing); Turkmen ýumak (ball), Khakas ныңмах (nıñmax, ball-shaped), Turkish yumak (ball of wool/thread), etc.

Noun edit

јумгак (ǰumgak)

  1. limp

References edit

Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura