лыӈч

Itelmen

Alternative forms

• ԓиӈч (ɬiŋč)

Etymology

Borrowed from Chukotkan. Compare with Chukchi линлиӈ (linliŋ), Koryak лиӈлиӈ (liŋliŋ), Kerek лиӈлиӈ (liŋliŋ) and Alutor лиӈлиӈ (liŋliŋ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɬiŋt͡ʃ/

Noun

лыӈч (lîŋč) (plural лыӈэʔн)

1. heart

References

• Volodin, Aleksandr P. (2021) Chikako Ono, editor, Полный ительменско-русский словарь [A comprehensive Itelmen–Russian dictionary] (Studies in Linguistic Anthropology)‎^[1] (in Russian), St. Petersburg, Fürstenberg / Havel: Institute of Linguistic Studies; Verlag der Kulturstiftung Sibirien, SEC Publications, →ISBN, page 150

Further reading

• Volodin, Aleksandr P. (1989) Cловарь ительменско-русский и русско-ительменский [Itelmen-Russian and Russian-Itelmen Dictionary], Leningrad: Prosveshenie, →ISBN, page 48.