луфԓич

Itelmen

Alternative forms

• лфԓич

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *ðəlɣə (“finger”). Compare Chukchi рылгылгын (rəlɣəlɣən).

Noun

луфԓич (luɸɬič) (plural луфԓиʼн)

1. (anatomy) finger

References

• 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 49.