yux

Translingual

Symbol

yux

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Southern Yukaghir.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Southern Yukaghir terms

Lower Tanana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jux/, /juχ/

Demonstrative

yux

1. in the distance

Derived terms

• ch'eyunenh, ch'eyuyi (possibly)
• yuhna (“distant people”)
• yukwzra (a greeting)

Related terms

• yugu
• yugw

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 492

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English ʒixin, from Old English ġeocsian, ġiscian (“to hiccup”), from Proto-West Germanic *giskōn (“to yawn”). Cognate with English yex (“to burp, hiccup, etc.”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʊks/

Verb

yux

1. to sob, to weep loudly
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 18:

     An thaar zit down an yux our vill,

     And there sit down and sob our fill,

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[1], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131