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Reconstruction:Proto-Yukaghir/eme-

This Proto-Yukaghir entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Yukaghir

Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Uralic *emä.[1]

Root

*eme-[1]

  1. mother

Derived terms
  • *eme-j
    • Southern Yukaghir: эмэй (emej)
  • *eme-eme
    • Chuvan: еме (jeme)
    • Omok: емомъ (jemom)
    • Northern Yukaghir: эммуо (emmuo)
    • Southern Yukaghir: эммээ (emmē)

References
  1. Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 158
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