Meanings
- not comparablepertaining to the Yukaghir ethnic group of Siberia.
- human sciencesA language family consisting of two closely related languages spoken in Siberia.
Origin
- Evenki-гир
- yuxйуукэ“far, distant”
- Russianюкагир
- EnglishYukaghir
Borrowed from Russian юкагир (jukagir). The part yuka- may derive from Southern Yukaghir йуукэ (jūke, “far, distant”) or juk (“small”), if not from a word from some other language, because the most common endonyms used by Yukaghirs are Southern Yukaghir одул (odul) and Northern Yukaghir вадул (wadul). The suffix -ghir is likely from Evenki -гир (-gir), which is a very common ending in names of Evenki, Even and Orochon tribes.
More words from Russian, yux, Evenki
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Estonian jukagiir
- jukagiira Yukaghir person
Finnish jukagiiri
- jukagiiria Yukaghir person
French youkaguir, youkaghir
- youkaguira Yukaghir person
- youkaghira Yukaghir person
German Jukagir
- Jukagira Yukaghir person
Hungarian jukagír, jukagir
- jukagíra Yukaghir person
- jukagira Yukaghir person
Polish Jukagir, Jukagirka
- Jukagira Yukaghir person
- Jukagirkaa Yukaghir person
- jukagirskipertaining to the Yukaghir ethnic group
- język jukagirskiYukaghir language family
Portuguese iucaguir
- iucaguira Yukaghir person
Russian юкаги́р
- юкаги́р (jukagír)a Yukaghir person
Cite this entry
Yukaghir. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yukaghir
“Yukaghir.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yukaghir. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yukaghir,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yukaghir.
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