üngülük

Salar

Alternative forms

  • üngelik

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ögey- which cognates to Ottoman Turkish اوگیمك (ögeymek). Related to Turkish üveyik (turtledove).

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /yŋɡylyx/
  • (Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /øŋɡylyx/
  • (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai; Gansu) IPA(key): /yŋɡelix/

Noun

üngülük (3rd person possessive üngülügi, plural üngülükler)

  1. dove, turtledove

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “üngülük”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 534
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “üngülük”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 21
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “üngülük”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 147