Yukaghir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian юкагир (jukagir). The part yuka- may derive from Southern Yukaghir juke (“far, distant”) or juk (“small”), if not from a word from some other language, because the most common endonyms used by Yukaghirs are Southern Yukaghir одул (odul) and Northern Yukaghir вадул (wadul). The suffix -ghir is likely from Evenki -гир (-gir), which is a very common ending in names of Evenki, Even and Orochon tribes. [1]

Noun

Yukaghir (plural Yukaghirs)

  1. a person with Yukaghir nationality

Adjective

Yukaghir (not comparable)

  1. pertaining to the Yukaghir ethnic group of Siberia.

Proper noun

Yukaghir

  1. (linguistics) A language family consisting of two closely related languages spoken in Siberia.

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References
  1. Jochelson 1926:16-17. https://books.google.ie/books?id=-mV5DwAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=yukaghir%20jochelson&hl=fi&pg=RA1-PA16#v=onepage&q=yukaghir%20jochelson&f=false

Jochelson, Waldemar: 1926, The Yukaghir and the Yukaghirized Tungus. Memoirs of the AMNH; vol.13. New York: G.E. Stechert 1910-1926.

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