ньорхуойэ

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *ńorqo:jə

Noun

ньорхуойэ (ņorquoje)

1. wild female reindeer with her new-born reindeer

References

• Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 312
• Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka