ма̄гыл

Mansi

Alternative forms
  • [script needed] (mai̮l ~ (maγi̮l ~ mawil ~ mäwėl ~ mäėl ~ måjl)) (Central Mansi)
  • [script needed] (møul) (Southern Mansi)

Etymology

From Proto-Ob-Ugric *meägl, from Proto-Uralic *mälke (“breast”). Cognates include Hungarian mell.

Noun

ма̄гыл • (māgyl)

  1. (Northern) breast

Further reading
  • Afanasʹjeva, K. V.; Sobjanina, S. A. (2012), “ма̄гыл”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ) [Mansi-Russian school dictionary], Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO
  • Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán
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