Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *jAk- (near). Cognate with Kyrgyz жакын (jakın), Kazakh жақын (jaqyn), Kumyk ювукъ (yuwuq), Turkish yakın.

Adjective

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јуук (ǰuuk)

  1. close, near

References

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N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “јуук”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN