ятъёԓ

Chukchi

Alternative forms

• ятъёԓтыноп (jatjoɬtənop)

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *ðaðjola (“fox”). Compare to Koryak яёл (yajol) and Itelmen т'сал.

Noun

ятъёԓ (jatjoɬ)

1. fox

   Ӄыгитэ, морыкы етгъи ятъёԓ! ― Help us, a fox has come to us!

   Ытԓьата тынинин гымыкы къэԓи ятъёԓтынопнаԓгэпы ― My mother made me a hat from silver fox.

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"