эԓеӈ

Chukchi

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *ælæ (“summer”). Compare to Koryak алаал (alaal)

Noun

эԓеӈ (eɬeŋ)

1. summer

   Чукоткак эԓеӈ ныӄивъёӄин ― It's a cold summer in Chukotka

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"