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арнууйаа

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Southern Yukaghir

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Арнууйаа.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Yukaghir *arinəwuja:.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [arnuːˈjaː]
  • Rhymes: -aː
  • Hyphenation: ар‧нуу‧йаа

Noun

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арнууйаа (arnūjā) (diminutive арнууйаадиэ)

  1. wolverine
    • 1997, Agafya Shadrina, “1. Арнууйаадиэ”, in Iku Nagasaki, editor, Материалы по языку юкагиров Верхней Колымы [Materials from the language of the Upper Kolyma Yukaghirs], Tachikawa, published 2015, page 1:
      Арнууйаалиэ... арнууйаадиэлэ тэрикэлльэл.
      Arnūjālie... arnūjādiele terikellʹel.
      A wolverine... she married a little wolverine.

Declension

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References

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  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 543