Dolgan

Noun

уу • ‎(uu)

1. water

References

• Н. М. Артемьев, 'Долганский язык' (2001)

Mongolian

Alternative forms

• Cyrillic post-vowel variant: юу
• Traditional script for this variant: ᠣ᠋ᠣ ‎(o᠋o)

Particle

уу • ‎(uu) (complying with vowel harmony)

1. final interrogative particle that creates yes-no questions.

Yakut

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *sɨb ‎(“water”). Compare cognates Old Turkic 𐰽𐰆𐰉 ‎(sub, “water”), Bashkir һыу ‎(hïw, “water”), Kyrgyz суу ‎(suu, “water”), Turkish su ‎(“water”).

Noun

уу • ‎(uu)

1. water

Related terms

• утах ‎(utax, “thirst”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *ū ‎(“sleep”). Compare cognates Old Turkic 𐰆 ‎(u, “sleep”), Karakhanid [script needed] ‎(ū, “sleep”).

Noun

уу • ‎(uu)

1. sleep

Related terms

• утуй ‎(utuy, “to sleep”)