үҥүү

Yakut

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *süŋgü (“spear”). See Bashkir һөңгө (höñgö), Kazakh сүңгі (süñgı), for more cognates.

Noun

үҥүү • (üñüü)

  1. (weaponry) spear

Etymology 2

From үҥк (üñk, “to pray, worship, bow, complain”).

Noun

үҥүү • (üñüü)

  1. (religion) prayer, worship
    Таҥараҕа үҥүү ― Tañarağa üñüü ― prayer to God
  2. bow (gesture of humility)
  3. (law) complaint, appeal
    суукка үҥүү ― suukka üñüü ― an appeal to the court
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