дойҕох

Yakut

Etymology

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Noun

дойҕох • (doyğoq)

1. chatter (empty conversation)

   Synonyms: саҥа (saña, “chatter”), хой баһа (qoy baha, “rubbish, nonsense”)

   Дойҕох тэскилээ.

   Doyğoq teskilee.

   Avoid windy locutions.

   (Strunk & White, Elements of Style, first published in 1959)

Derived terms

• дойҕохтоо (doyğoqtoo, “to chatter”)

  Synonym: лахсый (laqsıy)

• дойҕохтоох (doyğoqtooq, “chatty, verbose”)
• хой баһа дойҕох (qoy baha doyğoq, “verbiage, empty conversation”)
• үгэ-дойҕох (üge-doyğoq, “joke, fable”)