ши̇җь

Selkup

Alternative forms
  • ши̇в, ши̇д (Narym dialect)
  • сичи (Taz dialect)
  • сиде, сидя (Ket dialect)

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *sijə, from Proto-Uralic *śüde. Cognates include Kamassian сиʼ (siʔ), Finnish sysi and Northern Sami čađđa.

Noun

ши̇җь (šį́ʒ’)

  1. coal
  2. soot
  3. ash

Further reading
  • V.V. Bykonya; N.G. Kuznetsova; N.P. Maksimova (2005) Селькупско-русский диалектный словарь [Selkup-russian dialectal dictionary], Tomsk: Томский государственный педагогический университет, →ISBN, page 297
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