хӯсь

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Northern Mansi

Alternative forms

  • (kuś)Western Mansi
  • (χūś)Eastern Mansi
  • хӯщ (hūŝ)Norhtern Mansi, Upper Lozva

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Uralic *kaća (young unmarried man). Cognates include Hungarian hős.

Pronunciation

Noun

хӯсь (hūsʹ)(Sosva)

  1. servant
  2. (card games) jack, knave

References

  1. ^ Entry #211 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán
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