хӯсь

Northern Mansi

Alternative forms

[script needed] (kuś) — Western Mansi
[script needed] (χūś) — Eastern Mansi
хӯщ (hūŝ) — Norhtern Mansi, Upper Lozva

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Uralic *kaća (“young unmarried man”).^[1] Cognates include Hungarian hős.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [xuːɕ]

Noun

хӯсь (hūsʹ)(Sosva)

servant
(card games) jack, knave

References

^ Entry #211 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán [1]

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[1] Entry #211 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

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