Yukaghir

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English

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 Yukaghir people on Wikipedia
 Yukaghir languages on Wikipedia

Etymology

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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. [1]

Noun

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Yukaghir (plural Yukaghirs)

  1. a person with Yukaghir nationality

Adjective

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Yukaghir (not comparable)

  1. pertaining to the Yukaghir ethnic group of Siberia.

Proper noun

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Yukaghir

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

Translations

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See also

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References

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