ӄораӈы

Chukchi

Etymology

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 [script needed] (qoroj, “two-year old male reindeer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qoraŋə/

Noun

ӄораӈы (qoraŋə) (plural ӄорат)

1. (domesticated) reindeer

   Ӄораӈы гатвыԓен аӈӄагты.

   The reindeer had been consecrated to the sea.

Hyponyms

Chukchi:Reindeers