ӄораӈы

Chukchi

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *qora, compare Koryak ӄояӈа, Alutor ӄураӈа, Itelmen ӄос.

Derived by Fortescue from Proto-Samoyedic *korå (“male, reindeer bull”) from Proto-Uralic *kojera, and further connected with Even ора̇н (orȧn, “reindeer”) (from Proto-Tungusic *oran) and Southern Yukaghir [script needed] (qoroj, “two-year old male reindeer”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /qoraŋə/

Noun

ӄораӈы (qoraŋə) (plural ӄорат)

  1. (domesticated) reindeer
    Ӄораӈы гатвыԓен аӈӄагты.
    The reindeer had been consecrated to the sea.

Hyponyms

Chukchi:Reindeers

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