өӈүргэс

See also: өҥүргэс

Dolgan

Etymology

Cognate with Yakut өҥүргэс (öñürges). Contains the same Proto-Turkic root as оӈуок (“bone”), but with a different suffix.

Noun

өӈүргэс • (öŋürges)

  1. (anatomy) cartilage, gristle

References
  • Stachowski, Marek (1993) “öŋürgäs”, in Dolganischer Wortschatz‎ (in German), Kraków: Jagiellonian University, page 200
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sìŋù”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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