кубаҕай

Evenki

Etymology

Borrowed from Yakut кубаҕай (kubağay, “pale”).[1]

Noun

кубаҕай • (transliteration needed)

  1. a brown deer (in Russian, коричневый олень)

References
  1. Japanese annotated translation with an Evenki index by Atsushi Nakada and Toshiro Tsumagari (2022 July 7 (last accessed)) “A Glossary of Reindeer Herding Terms of Evenki in Aldan District, Sakha Republic”, in Bulletin of the Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples 29:75-92(2020)‎, page 79

Yakut

Etymology

From куба (kuba, “swan”).

Adjective

кубаҕай • (kubağay)

  1. pale
    Synonym: кубархай (kubarqay)
    кубаҕай сирэй ― kubağay sirey ― a pale face
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