Southern Yukaghir

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Шахалэ.

Etymology

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From Proto-Yukaghir *saqa-. Unrelated to Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla) (whence English jackal and Russian шакал (šakal)).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʃaˈqalə]
  • Rhymes: -alə
  • Hyphenation: ша‧ха‧лэ

Noun

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шахалэ (šaqale) (attributive шахалэн, diminutive шахалаадиэ)

  1. fox (Vulpes vulpes)

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 84
  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 553