ӄораӈы
Chukchi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *qora, compare Koryak ӄояӈа, Alutor ӄураӈа, Itelmen ӄос.
Derived by Fortescue from Proto-Samoyedic *korå (“male, reindeer bull”) from Proto-Uralic *kojera, and further connected with Even ора̇н (orȧn, “reindeer”) (from Proto-Tungusic *oran) and Southern Yukaghir хорой (qoroj, “two-year-old male reindeer”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ӄораӈы (qoraŋə) (plural ӄорат)
- (domesticated) reindeer
- Ӄораӈы гатвыԓен аӈӄагты.
- The reindeer had been consecrated to the sea.
Declension edit
declension of ӄораӈы