выквын

Chukchi

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *ɣəv(ɣəv) (“stone”). Compare also Koryak выввын (wəwwən), Kerek уккуӈа (ukkuŋa), Alutor гывгыв (ɣəvɣəv) and Itelmen вач (vač).

Noun

выквын (wəkwən) (plural выквыт)

  1. stone, rock

References
  • Bogoraz, Vladimir G. with Stebnicki, Sergei N. (1937) луораветланско-русский (чукотско-русский) словарь [Luoravetlan-Russian (Chukchi-Russian) Dictionary] (Труды по лингвистике; Vol. 6), Moskow-Leningrad: государственное. учебно-педагогическое издательство, page 163.
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