Reconstruction:Proto-Yukaghir/ńu:

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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

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Etymology

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Has been compared to Proto-Uralic *nime.

Noun

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*ńu:

  1. name

Descendants

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  • Southern Yukaghir: ньуу (nʹū)
  • Chuvan: ныва (nywa)

References

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  • Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 312