Reconstruction:Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan/rəʀæv

This Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan

Alternative forms

• *ðəʀæv

Etymology

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

*rəʀæv

1. whale

Descendants

• Chukotkan
  • Chukchi: ръэв (rʔew)
  • Koryak: яъав (jaʔav)
  • Kerek: йъав (jʔaw)

Synonyms

• *juŋ(juŋ)

References

• Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter, →ISBN.