сибиинньэ

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian свинья (svinʹja), thus related with English swine. Although grammatically feminine in Russian, Yakut, like all Turkic languages, has no gender, hence the derived terms below.

Noun

сибиинньэ • (sibiinnye)

pig
сибиинньэ аһылыга ― sibiinnye ahılıga ― fodder for a pig
(attributive) pork

Derived terms

атыыр сибиинньэ (atıır sibiinnye, “boar”)
ийэ сибиинньэ (iye sibiinnye, “sow”)
сибиинньэ оҕото (sibiinnye oğoto, “piglet”)
сибиинньэ хотоно (sibiinnye qotono, “pigsty”)

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