Northern Yukaghir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Yukaghir *te:nu-

Noun

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тиануй (tianuj)

  1. to jump high in place, raising the bakc legs (of a reindeer)
  2. to jump from joy

References

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  • Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 429
  • Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka