айвэ

Chukchi

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *ajɣəve (“yesterday”). Compare to Koryak айгывэ (aygəve) and Kerek айуӈ.

Adverb

айвэ (ajwe)

1. yesterday

   Айвэ гиԓетԓин ― It rained yesterday

References

• Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter
• P.I. Inenlikej (1982) Словарь чукотско-русский и русско-чукотский [Dictionary Chukchi-Russian and Russian-Chukchi] Ленинград "Просвещение"