Reconstruction:Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan/rəʀæv
Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
This etymon seems only attested in the Chukotkan branch. Note also Chukchi рьавӈай (rʔawŋaj), a place name literally meaning “Whale Mountain”, an obvious compound of ръэв (rʔew, “whale”) + ӈэгны (ŋeɣnə, “mountain”, from the stem ӈэй-, ŋej-) (Fortescue, 2005: 194, 258).
Noun edit
*rəʀæv
Descendants edit
Synonyms edit
References edit
- Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter, →ISBN.