यूका

यूका

Sanskrit

Etymology

Female variant of यूक (yūka), from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“louse”), see also Welsh llau.[1]

Noun

यूका • (yūkā) f

1. a louse (Mn., Kathās., Suśr.)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of यूका (yūkā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यूका yūkā	यूके yūke	यूकाः yūkāḥ
Vocative	यूके yūke	यूके yūke	यूकाः yūkāḥ
Accusative	यूकाम् yūkām	यूके yūke	यूकाः yūkāḥ
Instrumental	यूकया / यूका¹ yūkayā / yūkā¹	यूकाभ्याम् yūkābhyām	यूकाभिः yūkābhiḥ
Dative	यूकायै yūkāyai	यूकाभ्याम् yūkābhyām	यूकाभ्यः yūkābhyaḥ
Ablative	यूकायाः yūkāyāḥ	यूकाभ्याम् yūkābhyām	यूकाभ्यः yūkābhyaḥ
Genitive	यूकायाः yūkāyāḥ	यूकयोः yūkayoḥ	यूकानाम् yūkānām
Locative	यूकायाम् yūkāyām	यूकयोः yūkayoḥ	यूकासु yūkāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Punjabi: جوں‎ (joṉ)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀽𑀕𑀸 (jūgā)
  • Hindi: जूँ (jū̃)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “यूका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 856.

1. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 357