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)

1. (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

• Pekarskij, E. K. (1959) “ӧӈӱргӓс”, in Словарь якутского языка [Yakut Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2, a reprint of the original thirteen fascicles appearing 1907–1930, Moscow: Academy Press, column 1952
• Stachowski, Marek (1993) “öŋürgäs”, in Dolganischer Wortschatz‎^[2] (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