тоҥус
Southern Altai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *toŋuŕ (“pig”). Cognate with Kazakh доңыз (doñız), Kyrgyz доңуз (doñuz), Crimean Tatar domuz, Karachay-Balkar тонгуз (toñuz), Kumyk донгуз (doñuz), Bashkir дуңғыҙ (duñğïð), Tatar дуңгыз (duñgız), Azerbaijani donuz, Turkish domuz, Turkmen doňuz, Uzbek toʻngiʻz, Uyghur توڭگۇز (tongguz), etc.
Noun
тоҥус • (toŋus)
- pig
See also
- тонус (tonus, “boar, male pig”)
References
Gürsoy Naskali, Emine M. Duran, editor (1999), “page:181”, in altayca Türkçe Sözlük [Altai-Turkish Dictionary], Ankara, →ISBN
V. verbickij, editor (1884), “page:364”, in Slovarʹ Altajskago i Aladagskago narečij tjurkskago jazyka, →ISBN