гуй

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Dungan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate to Standard Mandarin (guǐ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

гуй (guy) (II)

  1. ghost; spirit

Erzya[edit]

Гуй.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mordvinic *kuj, inherited from Proto-Uralic *kije or *küje. Cognates include Moksha куй (kuj), Finnish kyy (viper), dialectal Estonian küü (slowworm), Udmurt кый (kyj), Hungarian kígyó (snake).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

гуй (guj)

  1. snake
    Synonym: ёзнэ (jozne)

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