ӱт

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ǖt. Cognate to Khakas ӱт (üt), Shor ӱт (üt), etc.

Noun

ӱт • (üt)

  1. hole

Synonyms

References

  • L. M. Tukmačev, editor (1995), “ӱт”, in Kumandinsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Kumandy-Russian Dictionary], Biysk: Kandidat filologičeskix nauk, Izdatelʹstvo bijskij kotelʹščik, →ISBN, page 107

Southern Selkup

Regional variants of ӱт
Chumel dialects
Narym ӱт (üt)
Tyuj dialects
Upper Ob іт

Etymology

From Proto-Selkup *üt, from Proto-Samoyedic *wet, from Proto-Uralic *wete. Cognates include Nganasan быˮ (bɨʔ), Finnish vesi and Hungarian víz.

Pronunciation

Noun

ӱт (üt) (Narym)

  1. water
    • 2022, Grigorij Korotkih, Современный язык нарымских селькупов (overall work in Russian), page 59:
      Ӄомдэ́п ӱ́тӄо мелдэ́.
      Qomdép ǘtqo mjeldé.
      He will give money to buy some water.

Further reading

  • G.V. Korotkih (2022) Современный язык нарымских селькупов [The modern language of Narym Selkups], Tomsk: Соиздательство ценных книг «Грасион», →ISBN, page 59 of 150