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yukaghir

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
yuk-aghir
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a person with Yukaghir nationality

adj

pertaining to the Yukaghir ethnic group of Siberia.

name

A language family consisting of two closely related languages spoken in Siberia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian юкагир (jukagir). The part yuka- may derive from Southern Yukaghir йуукэ (jūke, “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.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: йуукэ, -гир

Inflected Forms

Yukaghirs (plural)

Phrases

Proto-Yukaghir

Frequently Paired Words

Proto-Yukaghir

Questions

What does yukaghir mean?
a person with Yukaghir nationality
Where does yukaghir come from?
Borrowed from Russian юкагир (jukagir). The part yuka- may derive from Southern Yukaghir йуукэ (jūke, “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.

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