< Reconstruction:Proto-Yukaghir

Reconstruction:Proto-Yukaghir/aŋa

This Proto-Yukaghir 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-Yukaghir

Etymology

Perhaps related to Proto-Uralic *aŋe (“opening”).[1]

Noun

*aŋa[1]

  1. mouth

Descendants
  • Chuvan: аигга (aigga)
  • Northern Yukaghir: аҥа (aŋa)
  • Omok: аиггъ (aigg)
  • Southern Yukaghir: аҥа (aŋa)

References
  1. Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 106
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