чʼувай
Itelmen
Etymology
From чʼучʼу (čʼučʼu, “kind of salmon”) + -ай (-aj, augmentative suffix). Ultimately from Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *æwæc(u) (“salmon”). Compare also Chukchi эвэч (eweč).
Noun
чʼувай (čʼuvaj) (plural чʼуʼн)
- a kind of salmon
References
- Volodin, Aleksandr P. (1989) Cловарь ительменско-русский и русско-ительменский [Itelmen-Russian and Russian-Itelmen Dictionary], Leningrad: Prosveshenie, →ISBN, page 107.