ɔrɔn

See also: oron

Oroqen

Alternative forms

oron

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *oran. Cognate with Even ора̇н (orȧn), Nanai оро̄н (orōn), Evenki орон (oron), Udihe оро (oro).

Noun

ɔrɔn

1. reindeer, caribou

References

• Li, Fengxiang and Lindsay J. Whaley, Oroqen vocabulary, in Martin Haspelmath & Uri Tadmor (editors), World Loanword Database, Munich: Max Planck Digital Library (2009)