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)
- (domesticated) reindeer
- Ӄораӈы гатвыԓен аӈӄагты.
- The reindeer had been consecrated to the sea.
Hyponyms
Chukchi:Reindeers