ӱкӱ

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ügi. Cognate with Bashkir өкө (ökö), Kyrgyz үкү (ükü), Kazakh үкі (ükı), Uzbek ukki, Uyghur ئۇكە (uke), Khakas ӱгӱ (ügü), Shor ӱгӱ (ügü), Tuvan үгү (ügü, “Bubo bubo”), etc.

Noun

ӱкӱ • (ükü)

1. owl

References

• N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ӱкӱ”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
• Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “ӱкӱ”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN