ӄвэл

Selkup

Alternative forms

ӄәлы (Taz dialect)

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *kålä, from Proto-Uralic *kala. Cognates include Tundra Nenets халя, Finnish kala and Hungarian hal.

Noun

ӄвэл (qwel)

fish
- 2022, Grogorij Korotkih, Современный язык нарымских селькупов (in Russian), page 57:
  Ӄвэлт ти̇́рэл то̄ла.
  Lakes full of fish.

Further reading

G.V. Korotkih (2022) Современный язык нарымских селькупов [The modern language of Narym Selkups], Tomsk: Соиздательство ценных книг «Грасион», page 57

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