лиӈч

Itelmen

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *liŋ(liŋ) (“heart”). Cognate with Chukchi линлиӈ (linliŋ), Koryak лиӈлиӈ (liŋliŋ), Kerek лиӈлиӈ (liŋliŋ) and Alutor лиӈлиӈ (liŋliŋ).

Noun

лиӈч (liŋč) (plural лиӈэʼн)

  1. heart

References
  • Volodin, Aleksandr P. (1989) Cловарь ительменско-русский и русско-ительменский [Itelmen-Russian and Russian-Itelmen Dictionary], Leningrad: Prosveshenie, →ISBN, page 48.
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