јумгак
Southern Altai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *yum (“round”).
Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (jumɣaq, “globular or round thing”); Turkmen ýumak (“ball”), Khakas ныңмах (nıñmax, “ball-shaped”), Turkish yumak (“ball of wool/thread”), etc.
Noun
[edit]јумгак • (ǰumgak)
References
[edit]Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura