Дьуʼк

Yug

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *dʲuˀk ~ *juˀk (“Yug”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dʲuʔk͈˥˧], [dʲuʔk˥˧]

Noun

Дьуʼк (Dʲuˀk) m (plural Дьугн or Дьугын)

  1. Yug person, Yug people (term used for men)

Usage notes

  • For Yug women, Yug Дьукхем (Dʲúkχem, “Yug woman”) was used.
  • This term was also found used as Дьууʼк (Dʲùˤːk), in tone four instead of tone two.

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 259, 373

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 398
  • Werner, Heinrich K. (2012), Vajda, Edward J., editor, Dictionary of the Yugh language (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 47), Muenchen: Lincom GmbH, →ISBN, page 94
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