кубаҕай

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 (accessed 7 July 2022), “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)‎, page 79

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Yakut

Etymology

From куба (kuba, “swan”).

Adjective

кубаҕай • (kubağay)

1. pale

   кубаҕай сирэй ― kubağay sirey ― a pale face

   Synonym: кубархай (kubarxay)