тивэн ньиэчэ

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *tywo

Noun

тивэн ньиэчэ (tiwen ņiețe)

1. bird that causes rainclouds according to popular belief

References

• Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 440
• Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka