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йуӈйучӽ

Itelmen edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from a Chukotkan language, possibly Alutor юӈюӈ (juŋjuŋ), augmented with -чӽ (-čχ, diminutive suffix). Ultimately from Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *juŋ(juŋ) (“whale”).

Noun edit

йуӈйучӽ (juŋjučχ) (plural йуӈйуʼњч)

  1. whale

References edit

  • Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter, →ISBN.
  • Volodin, Aleksandr P. (1989) Cловарь ительменско-русский и русско-ительменский [Itelmen-Russian and Russian-Itelmen Dictionary], Leningrad: Prosveshenie, →ISBN, page 28.
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