өӈүргэс

See also: өҥүргэс

Dolgan

Etymology

Cognate with Yakut өҥүргэс (öñürges). Contains the same Proto-Turkic root as оӈуок (“bone”), but with a different suffix.

Noun

өӈүргэс • (öŋürges)

1. (anatomy) cartilage, gristle

References

• Stachowski, Marek (1993) “öŋürgäs”, in Dolganischer Wortschatz‎^[1] (in German), Kraków: Jagiellonian University, page 200
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sìŋù”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill