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тэрикэ

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Southern Yukaghir

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian старуха (staruxa, old woman).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [teˈrɪkə]
  • Rhymes: -ikə
  • Hyphenation: тэ‧ри‧кэ

Noun

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тэрикэ (terike) (diminutive тэрикиэдиэ, augmentative тэрикэткэ)

  1. old woman
    • 2003, A. G. Shadrina, Арнууйаадиэ [The Wolverine]:
      Пулут тэрикэньэ модоҥи.
      Pulut terikenʹe modoŋi.
      An old man lived with an old woman.
  2. wife
    • 2007, M. I. Turpanova, Чолҕораадиэ [The Bunny]:
      Мони: «Тэрикэ йуөк, чолҕоролох кэчиимэ!»
      Moni: «Terike juøk, čolhoroloq kečīme!»
      He said: «Wife look, I brought a hare!»

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References

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  • I. A. Nikolaeva, V. G. Shalugin (2002) Словарь Юкагирско-русский и русско-юкагирский (Верхнеколымский диалект) [Yukaghir-Russian and Russian-Yukaghir dictionary (Upper Kolyma dialect)], Saint Petersburg: Дрофа, →ISBN, page 70
  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 555