Northern Yukaghir edit

Noun edit

мархиль (marqiļ)

  1. girl
  2. daughter

Southern Yukaghir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Yukaghir *marq-. Cognates include Northern Yukaghir мархиль (marqiļ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [marˈqɪʎ]
  • Rhymes: -iʎ
  • Hyphenation: мар‧хиль

Noun edit

мархиль (marqilʹ) (attributive мархин)

  1. girl, lass
    • 2006, A. V. Slepcova, Иркин тэрикэ пулундиэдиэньэ модольэлҥи [One old woman lived with an old man]:
      Эмэйги мархильҥин мони:
      Emejgi marqilʹŋin moni:
      The mother said to her daughter:
      (literally, “Her mother said to to the lass:”)

Declension edit

References edit

  • I. A. Nikolaeva, V. G. Shalugin (2002) Словарь Юкагирско-русский и русско-юкагирский (Верхнеколымский диалект) [Yukaghir-Russian and Russian-Yukaghir dictionary (Upper Kolyma dialect)], Saint Petersburg: Дрофа, →ISBN, page 41
  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 549