Reconstruction:Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan/macve

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

Etymology

According to Fortescue (2011: 1371), this root may be cognate of Nivkh моть (moț, “breast”).

Noun

*macve

1. chest

Descendants

• Chukotkan
  • Chukchi: мачо (mačo)
  • Koryak: мачвелӈын (mačvelŋən)
  • Kerek: мачуйӈа (mačujŋa)
  • Alutor: масвилӈын (masvilŋən)

References

• Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter, →ISBN.
• Fortescue, Michael (2011) “The relationship of Nivkh to Chukotko-Kamchatkan revisited”, in Lingua, volume 121, number 8, Njalsgade: University of Copenhagen, →DOI, pages 1359-1376.