ажуу

Southern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *an- (to speak). Cognates include Northern Yukaghir аруу (aruu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aˈʒuː]
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Hyphenation: а‧жуу

Noun

ажуу (ažū)

  1. voice
    • 2003, A. G. Shadrina, Пиэтэр Бэрбэкин [Pieter Berbekin]:
      Таат шоромо ажуу мэдич.
      Tāt šoromo ažū medič.
      There a human voice was heard.
  2. word
    • 1997, A. G. Shadrina, Чолҕораадиэ [The Bunny]:
      Чолҕораадиэ таҥ ажуупэдэйлэ мэдим.
      Čolhorādie taŋ ažūpedejle medim.
      The bunny heard their words.
  3. speech, language
    одун ажууodun ažūthe Yukaghir language
    йахан ажууjaqan ažūthe Yakut language

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • V. K. Spiridonov (1997) Школьный русско-юкагирский словарь [Russian-Yukaghir school dictionary], page 30
  • I. A. Nikolaeva, V. G. Shalugin (2002) Словарь Юкагирско-русский и русско-юкагирский (Верхнеколымский диалект) [Yukaghir-Russian and Russian-Yukaghir dictionary (Upper Kolyma dialect)], Saint Petersburg: Дрофа, →ISBN, page 12
  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 543
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