Southern Yukaghir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Yukaghir *kiɣe-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɪˈɡiːm]
  • Rhymes: -iːm
  • Hyphenation: ки‧гиим

Verb

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кигиим (kigīm) (transitive)

  1. jab, gore, poke

Conjugation

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References

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  • 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 30
  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 547