турукэ

Evenki

Etymology

Isolated within Tungusic.

Reminiscent of Proto-Turkic *tūŕ (“salt”), compare Turkish tuz, Yakut туус (tuus), Chuvash тӑвар (tăvar). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tu.ru.kə/
  • Hyphenation: ту‧ру‧кэ

Noun

турукэ • (turukə)

  1. salt
    Synonyms: давахун (dawahun), тус (tus)

Derived terms

  • турукэмӣ (turukəmī, “to salt”)

References

  • Afanasʹjeva, Je. F. (2007), “турукэ”, in Orfografičeskij slovarʹ evenkijskovo jazyka [Orthographic Dictionary of the Evenki Language], Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 69
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