мирэ

Evenki

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *muire, compare Manchu ᠮᡝᡳᡵᡝᠨ (meiren), Even мир (mir), Oroch мие, Oroqen mi꞉rə, Udihe мё ("neck"), Solon mīri, Solon mīrə(borrowed to miir), Nanai нгуйрэ (ŋujre), Nanai муйрэ (mujre), Orok мујрэ and Jurchen muire.

Noun

мирэ • (mirə)

  1. shoulder

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *mire

Particle

мирэ (mire)

  1. expresses caution

References

  • Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 269
  • Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka