чаачаа

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Southern Yukaghir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Yukaghir *ča:.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːˈ(t)ɕaː]
  • Rhymes: -aː
  • Hyphenation: чаа‧чаа

Noun

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чаачаа (čāčā)

  1. elder brother
    • 1997, A. G. Shadrina, Пиэтэр Бэрбэкин [Pieter Berbekin]:
      «Дьэ мэткэт палаайэк, - мони, - Мэт чаачаагэт эл палаатэйэк».
      «Dʹe metket palājek, - moni, - Met čāčāget el palātejek».
      «Well, you escaped me, - she said, - My older brother you won't escape».
  2. uncle (elder brother of a parent)

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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 79
  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 543