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Yukaghir

Yukaghir noun: a person with Yukaghir nationality.

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

Forms of Yukaghir

pluralYukaghirs

Origin of Yukaghir

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.

Questions about Yukaghir

What does Yukaghir mean?
Yukaghir means a person with Yukaghir nationality.
What part of speech is Yukaghir?
Yukaghir can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Yukaghir?
The plural of Yukaghir is Yukaghirs.

Words near Yukaghir in the dictionary

  1. Yujin Point
  2. yuk
  3. yuk hwe
  4. yuk it up
  5. yuka
  6. Yukaghir
  7. Yukaghirs
  8. Yukagir
  9. Yukako
  10. yukar
  11. Yukari

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