нуомас

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian новость (novostʹ). Ultimately related with English new and news.

Russian о (o) (in this case, in но́вость) sounds like а (a) when unstressed, which explains the sound shift reflected here.

Noun

нуомас • (nuomas)

  1. (colloquial) news
    See synonyms at сонун (sonun).
    туох нуомас баарый? ― tuoq nuomas baarıy? ― what's new?

Derived terms
  • сонун-нуомас (sonun-nuomas, “news”)
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