Southern Yukaghir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Yukaghir *lewe:.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [leˈwie̯]
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Hyphenation: лэ‧биэ

Noun edit

лэбиэ (lebie) (attributive лэбиэн)

  1. earth
    • 2006, A. V. Slepcova, Мэт лэбиэ [My earth.]:
      Оо мэт лэбиэ! Тэт ходо иилуук!
      Ō met lebie! Tet qodo īlūk!
      Oh, my earth! How beautiful are you!
  2. land

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References edit

  • 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 38
  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 548