өҥүргэс

See also: өӈүргэс

Yakut

Etymology

Cognate with Dolgan өӈүргэс (öŋürges). Contains the same Proto-Turkic root as уҥуох (uñuoq, “bone”), but with a different suffix.

Noun

өҥүргэс • (öñürges)

(anatomy) cartilage
кулгаах өҥүргэһэ ― kulgaaq öñürgehe ― auricle

мурун өҥүргэһэ ― murun öñürgehe ― nasal cartilage

харах өҥүргэһэ ― qaraq öñürgehe ― the white of the eye

сымыыт өҥүргэһэ ― sımııt öñürgehe ― egg white

өҥүргэһинэн көр ― öñürgehinen kör ― to look with the white (of the eye) (said about a crazy person)

Derived terms

өҥүргэстээх (öñürgesteeq, “cartilaginous”)

References

Stachowski, Marek (1993), “öŋürgäs”, in Dolganischer Wortschatz (in German), Kraków: Jagiellonian University, page 200
Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*sìŋù”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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