кытат
Yakut
Etymology
Probably related to Mongolic ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (qitad, “China”, plural; Mongolian хятад (xjatad), Buryat хитад (xitad), Kalmyk китд (kitd)). See also Tuvan кыдат (kıdat), Southern Altai кыдат (kïdat), Khakas хыдат (xıdat).
Noun
кытат • (kıtat) (Allaikha, Upper Kolyma, Middle Kolyma, Lower Kolyma, Sakkyryr, Viliui, Upper Yana)
- (geography) warm land in the south where birds migrate to for winter
- кытат кыыла ― kıtat kııla ― migratory birds
- кытат чуора ― kıtat çuora ― a crow
See also
- Китай (Kitay, “China”, a Russian loan)
Further reading
- Afanasiev, P. S.; Voronkin, M. S.; Alekseev, M. P. (1976), Dialektologičeskij slovarʹ jakutskogo jazyka, Moscow: Nauka