хӯш
Mansi
Alternative forms
- [script needed] (khuš) (Central Mansi)
- [script needed] (khuś) (Central Mansi, Southern Mansi)
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Uralic *kaća (“young unmarried man”)[1]. Cognates include Hungarian hős.
Noun
хӯш • (χūś)
- servant
- (card games) jack, knave
References
- Entry #211 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Further reading
- Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán