мињԓ

Itelmen

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *milutæ (“hare”). Compare also Chukchi мэлоталгын (melotalɣən), Koryak миљутэ (milʲute), Kerek миљӯтаӈа (milʲūtaŋa) and Alutor миљут (milʲut).

Noun

мињԓ (miňɬ) (plural мињԓэʼн)

  1. rabbit
  2. hare

References
  • Volodin, Aleksandr P. (1989) Cловарь ительменско-русский и русско-ительменский [Itelmen-Russian and Russian-Itelmen Dictionary], Leningrad: Prosveshenie, →ISBN, page 58.
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