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) a person with Yukaghir nationality ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Yukaghir (not comparable) pertaining to the Yukaghir ethnic group of Siberia. ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Yukaghir (linguistics) A language family consisting of two closely related languages spoken in Siberia. ==== Translations ==== ==== 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.