мэнээк

Yakut

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Perhaps conflated with мээнэ (meene).

Adverb

мэнээк • (meneek)

1. in vain

   мэнээк лахсыйар ― meneek laqsıyar ― chattering in vain

Determiner

мэнээк • (meneek)

1. a lot of, many, much

   быйыл от мэнээк ― bıyıl ot meneek ― (there is) a lot of grass this year

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

мэнээк • (meneek)

1. stray, vagrant

   мэнээк барбыт ― meneek barbıt ― he wandered off

   мэнээк кыыл ― meneek kııl ― a stray animal

Noun

мэнээк • (meneek)

1. (dialectal) a wild deer

   Synonym: кыыл таба (kııl taba)