хӯсь

Northern Mansi

Alternative forms
  • [script needed] (kuś) — Western Mansi
  • [script needed] (χūś) — Eastern Mansi
  • хӯщ (hūŝ) — Norhtern Mansi, Upper Lozva

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Uralic *kaća (“young unmarried man”).[1] Cognates include Hungarian hős.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [xuːɕ]

Noun

хӯсь (hūsʹ)(Sosva)

  1. servant
  2. (card games) jack, knave

References
  1. Entry #211 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán
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