илэ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ile"

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *ile, compare Omok -ilelem, a common wanderwort across Eurasia, see Mongolian ил (il, “fawn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ile/

Noun

илэ (ile)

1. reindeer

Yakut

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Mongolian ил (il, “out in the open”).

Adverb

илэ • (ile)

1. explicitly, openly

   Antonym: уоран (uoran, “secretly”)

2. in reality

Derived terms

• илэ-бодо (ile-bodo, “openly”)

See also

• дьиҥ (jiñ, “real”)