чимо колге

Omok

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *čomo- (“big”) + *keδe- (“wolf”). Literally: "Big dog".

Noun

чимо колге (čimo kolge)

1. wolf (Canis lupus)

References

• Ferdinand von Wrangel (1841) Прибавленія къ путешествію по сѣвернымъ берегамъ Сибири и Ледовитому Морю [Supplements to the adventure along the northern shores of Siberia and the Arctic Ocean] (in Russian), volume 2, Saint Petersburg, page 121