йуӈәйу

Itelmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Chukotkan. Compare with Alutor юӈюӈ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjuŋəju/

Noun

йуӈәйу (juŋəju)

  1. whale

Derived terms

nouns

References

  • Volodin, Aleksandr P. (2021) Chikako Ono, editor, Полный ительменско-русский словарь [A comprehensive Itelmen–Russian dictionary] (Studies in Linguistic Anthropology)‎[1] (in Russian), St. Petersburg, Fürstenberg / Havel: Institute of Linguistic Studies; Verlag der Kulturstiftung Sibirien, SEC Publications, →ISBN, page 86