таак
Northern Yukaghir
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian так (tak)
Adverb
таак (taak)
- in vain
References
- Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 425
- Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka
Southern Altai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *tiakïgu.
Noun
таак • (taak)
References
- “таак”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka [Altaic language Grammar], Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, 1869, →ISBN
- Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 457