Southern Yukaghir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Yukaghir *erpəjə. Cognates include Northern Yukaghir эрпэйэ (erpeje).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

эрпэйэ (erpeje) (attributive эрпэйэн)

  1. Even
    • 2002, A. G. Shadrina, Дэбэгэй [Debegej]:
      Таат эрпэйэ титэ мони:
      Tāt erpeje tite moni:
      Someone said in Even:
      (literally, “Someone said like an Even:”)

Declension edit

References edit

  • 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 92
  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 545