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Noun

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хо́рой (xórojf inan or f anim or m anim

  1. instrumental singular of хо́ра (xóra)

Southern Yukaghir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Yukaghir *qoroj, probably from a wanderword originating from Proto-Samoyedic *korå. Compare Tundra Nenets хора (xora), Even оран (oran), Chukchi ӄораӈы (qoraŋə) and Central Siberian Yupik ӄуйӈик (qujŋik).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [qoˈroi̯]
  • Rhymes: -oj
  • Hyphenation: хо‧рой

Noun

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хорой (qoroj)

  1. two-year-old male deer

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Yakut: хорой (qoroy)

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 77
  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 553