хой

Andi

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Northeast Caucasian *χːHwеje.

Noun

хой (xoj)

  1. dog

Central Mansi

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *kaje (“hair, grass”). Cognates include Hungarian haj.

Noun

хой (hoj) (Konda)

  1. hair

Further reading
  • Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán

Khakas

Etymology

From Old Turkic koñ, from Proto-Turkic.

list of cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani qoyun, Turkmen goýun, Kazakh қой (qoi), Uzbek qo'y, Siberian Tatar ҡуй,Crimean Tatar qoy,Kyrgyz кой (koy),Tuvan хой (xoy),Chagatai кой (koy),Uyghur قوي (qoy).

Noun

хой • (xoy)

  1. sheep

Tundra Nenets
Хой (1).

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *koəjə.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [hoj(ə̥)]
  • Hyphenation: хой

Noun

хой • (xoy°)

  1. mountain
  2. tundra
  3. hill, hillock

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  • Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, pages 60, 300
  • N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “хой”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN
  • Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 35

Tuvan

Etymology

From Common Turkic *qoy (“sheep”), from Proto-Turkic.

list of cognates

Cognate with Khakas хой (xoy), Tofa һой, Western Yugur qoy, Azerbaijani qoyun, Turkish koyun, Turkmen goýun, Salar ğoy, Kazakh қой (qoi), Kyrgyz кой (koy), Southern Altai кой (koy), Siberian Tatar ҡуй, Crimean Tatar qoy, Karachay-Balkar къой (qoy), Uzbek qo'y, Chagatai قوي, Uyghur قوي (qoy), etc.

Noun

хой • (xoy) (definite accusative хойну, plural хойлар)

  1. sheep

Yakut

Etymology

See the Khakas and Tuvan entries above.

Noun

хой • (qoy)

  1. sheep, ram
    Synonym: бараан (baraan)
    хой үөрэ ― qoy üöre ― a herd of sheep

Derived terms
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