јуу
Southern Altai
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *yagï (“enemy, war”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰍𐰃 (yaɣï, “enemy”), Karakhanid يَغٖى (yaɣï̄, “enemy”); Kazakh жау (jaw, “enemy”), Khakas чаа (çaa, “war”), Ottoman Turkish یاغی (yağı, “stranger, enemy”).
Noun
јуу • (ǰuu)
- war, enemy
Derived terms
- јуу-чак (ǰuu-čak)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Turkic *yāg. Cognate with Kumyk яв (yaw, “fat”), Turkish yağ.
Noun
јуу • (ǰuu)
- fat
- Synonym: май (may)
Further reading
- N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “јуу”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ, M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
- Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “јуу”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN
- Various, editor (1869), “јуу”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka [Altaic language Grammar], Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, →ISBN
- Radloff, Friedrich Wilhelm (1893–1911) Opyt slovarja tjurkskix narěčij – Versuch eines Wörterbuches der Türk-Dialecte [Attempt at a Lexicon of the Turkic Dialects] (in German and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 534