Evenki

edit

Etymology

edit

From Proto-Tungusic *muire, compare Manchu ᠮᡝᡳᡵᡝᠨ (meiren), Even мир (mir), Oroch мие, Oroqen mi꞉rə, Udihe мё ("neck"), Solon mīri, Solon mīrə(borrowed to miir), Nanai нгуйрэ (ŋujre), Nanai муйрэ (mujre), Orok мујрэ and Jurchen muire.

Noun

edit

мирэ (mirə)

  1. shoulder

Northern Yukaghir

edit

Etymology

edit

From Proto-Yukaghir *mire

Particle

edit

мирэ (mire)

  1. expresses caution

References

edit
  • Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 269
  • Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka