Southern Yukaghir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Yukaghir *meẟiń. Cognates include Northern Yukaghir миринь (miriņ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [meˈdɪn]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Hyphenation: мэ‧дин

Adverb

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мэдин (medin)

  1. just, only just

Determiner

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мэдин (medin)

  1. the very

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 45
  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 549