Yukaghir

English

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.

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.

Translations

a Yukaghir person

• Estonian: jukagiir
• Even: юкагир (jukagir)
• Finnish: jukagiiri
• French: youkaguir (fr) m, youkaghir m
• German: Jukagir m
• Hungarian: jukagír, jukagir
• Portuguese: iucaguir
• Russian: юкаги́р (ru) (jukagír)

See also

• Proto-Yukaghir

References

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