кубаҕай

Evenki

Etymology

Borrowed from Yakut кубаҕай (kubağay, “pale”).[1]

Noun

кубаҕай • (transliteration needed)

  1. a brown deer (in Russian, коричневый олень)

References

  1. ^ Japanese annotated translation with an Evenki index by Atsushi Nakada and Toshiro Tsumagari (7 July 2022 (last accessed)) “A Glossary of Reindeer Herding Terms of Evenki in Aldan District, Sakha Republic”, in Bulletin of the Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples 29:75-92(2020)‎[1], page 79

Yakut

Etymology

From куба (kuba, “swan”).

Adjective

кубаҕай • (kubağay)

  1. pale
    Synonym: кубархай (kubarqay)
    кубаҕай сирэй ― kubağay sirey ― a pale face
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