Northern Yukaghir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Yukaghir *čilkə. Cognates include Southern Yukaghir чилгэ (čilge).

Noun

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чилгэ (țilge)

  1. branch
  2. bough
  3. a place for floor bedding in a yaranga

References

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  • Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 131
  • Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka

Southern Yukaghir

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Чилгэ.

Etymology

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From Proto-Yukaghir *čilkə. Cognates include Northern Yukaghir чилгэ (țilge).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕilɡə]
  • Rhymes: -ilɡə
  • Hyphenation: чил‧гэ

Noun

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чилгэ (čilge)

  1. branch, bough

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 79
  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 544