игирэ

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *ikire, itself a reborrowing from Proto-Turkic *ẹk(k)iŕ. Thus cognate with Yakut икки (ikki, “two”).

Adjective

игирэ • (igire)

1. twin

   игирэ уолаттар ― igire uolattar ― twin boys

Noun

игирэ • (igire)

1. twin

   игирэ аҥара ― igire añara ― one of two twins

Coordinate terms

• аҥар (añar, “half, one of a pair”)
• сүппүт аҥар (süppüt añar, “vanishing twin”)