Southern Yukaghir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Yukaghir *eme-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [eˈmei̯]
  • Rhymes: -ej
  • Hyphenation: э‧мэй

Noun

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эмэй (emej)

  1. mother
    • 1997, A. G. Shadrina, Пиэтэр Бэрбэкин [Pieter Berbekin]:
      Дьэ эмэй кэлтэй.
      Dʹe emej keltej.
      Well, mother will come.

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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 91
  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 545