Southern Yukaghir

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Унуҥ.

Etymology

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From Proto-Yukaghir *ön-. Cognates include Northern Yukaghir эну (enu).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [uˈnuŋ]
  • Rhymes: -uŋ
  • Hyphenation: у‧нуҥ

Noun

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унуҥ (unuŋ) (attributive унун)

  1. river
    • 1997, A. G. Shadrina, Пиэтэр Бэрбэкин [Pieter Berbekin]:
      Таат, тии унуҥэк льэл.
      Tāt, tī unuŋek lʹel.
      Over there, there is a river.

Declension

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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 72
  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 556