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Reconstruction:Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan/rəʀæv

This Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan

Alternative forms
  • *ðəʀæv

Etymology

This etymon seems only attested in the Chukotkan branch. Note also Chukchi рьавӈай (rʔawŋaj), a place name literally meaning “Whale Mountain”, an obvious compound of ръэв (rʔew, “whale”) + ӈэгны (ŋeɣnə, “mountain”, from the stem ӈэй-, ŋej-) (Fortescue, 2005: 194, 258).

Noun

*rəʀæv

  1. whale

Descendants
  • Chukotkan
    • Chukchi: ръэв (rʔew)
    • Koryak: яъав (jaʔav)
    • Kerek: йъав (jʔaw)

Synonyms

References
  • Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter, →ISBN.
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