ӄораӈы
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Chukchi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *qora, compare Koryak ӄояӈа (qoyaŋa), 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 хорой (qoroj, “two-year-old male reindeer”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ӄораӈы (qoraŋə) (plural ӄорат)
- (domesticated) reindeer
- Ӄораӈы гатвыԓен аӈӄагты.
- The reindeer had been consecrated to the sea.
Declension
[edit]declension of ӄораӈы