игирэ

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *ikire, itself a reborrowing from Proto-Turkic *ẹk(k)iŕ. Thus cognate with Yakut икки (ikki, “two”).

Adjective

игирэ • (igire)

  1. twin
    игирэ уолаттар ― igire uolattar ― twin boys

Noun

игирэ • (igire)

  1. twin
    игирэ аҥара ― igire aŋara ― one of two twins

Coordinate terms

  • аҥар (aŋar, “half, one of a pair”)
  • сүппүт аҥар (süppüt aŋar, “vanishing twin”)
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