ӄитаӄит
Alutor
Ӄитаӄит
Etymology
From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *qetaqet (“Siberian salmon”). Cognate with Chukchi ӄэтаӄэт (qetaqet)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qiˈta.qit/
Noun
ӄитаӄит (qitaqit) (dual ӄитат, plural ӄитав'в'и)
- Hucho taimen, the siberian salmon
- Юнатыткын ӄитаӄит в'аямык.
- The siberian salmon lives in rivers.
- Макмитын гымнан ӄитаӄит.
- I shall take the taimen.
See also
- (as food) тав'г'ал
- ъынныъын
References
- Michael Fortescue, Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan Dictionary
- Koryak-Chukchi Topical Dictionary