Northern Yukaghir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Yukaghir *qa:-

Noun

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хаахаа (qaaqaa)

  1. excrement

References

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  • Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 373
  • Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka

Southern Yukaghir

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [qaːˈqaː]
  • Rhymes: -aː
  • Hyphenation: хаа‧хаа

Noun

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хаахаа (qāqā)

  1. grandfather
  2. Synonym of мээмээ (mēmē, bear)

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 75