ма̄гыл
Mansi
Alternative forms
- [script needed] (mai̮l ~ (maγi̮l ~ mawil ~ mäwėl ~ mäėl ~ måjl)) (Central Mansi)
- [script needed] (møul) (Southern Mansi)
Etymology
From Proto-Ob-Ugric *meägl, from Proto-Ugric *malkĭ, from Proto-Uralic *mälke (“breast”). Cognates include Hungarian mell.
Noun
ма̄гыл • (māgyl)
- (Northern) breast
Further reading
- Afanasʹjeva, K. V.; Sobjanina, S. A. (2012), “ма̄гыл”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ) [Mansi-Russian school dictionary], Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO
- Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán