дойҕох

Yakut

Etymology

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Noun

дойҕох • (doyğoq)

  1. chatter (empty conversation)
    Synonyms: саҥа (saña, “chatter”), хой баһа (qoy baha, “rubbish, nonsense”)
    Дойҕох тэскилээ.
    Doyğoq teskilee.
    Avoid windy locutions.
    (Strunk & White, Elements of Style, first published in 1959)

Derived terms
  • дойҕохтоо (doyğoqtoo, “to chatter”)
    Synonym: лахсый (laqsıy)
  • дойҕохтоох (doyğoqtooq, “chatty, verbose”)
  • хой баһа дойҕох (qoy baha doyğoq, “verbiage, empty conversation”)
  • үгэ-дойҕох (üge-doyğoq, “joke, fable”)
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