оожии

Southern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *ončə-. Cognates include Chuvan онде (onde).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [oːˈʒiː]
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: оо‧жии

Noun

оожии (ōžī) (attributive оожиин)

  1. water
    • 1997, A. G. Shadrina, Пиэтэр Бэрбэкин [Pieter Berbekin]:
      «Ээ, лөудуук, - мони, - мэт оожии эл иҥийэ».
      «Ē, løudūk, - moni, - met ōžī el iŋije».
      «Eh, sink, - he said, - I'm not afraid of water».

Declension

References

  • 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 56
  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 551
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