Reconstruction:Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan/rəʀæv

This Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan entry contains reconstructed words 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-Chukotko-Kamchatkan

Alternative forms

*ðəʀæv

Etymology

This etymon seems only attested in the Chukotkan branch. Note also Chukchi рьавӈай (rʔawŋaj), a place name literally meaning “Whale Mountain”, an obvious compound of ръэв (rʔew, “whale”) + ӈэгны (ŋeɣnə, “mountain”, from the stem ӈэй-, ŋej-) (Fortescue, 2005: 194, 258).

Noun

*rəʀæv

whale

Descendants

Chukotkan
- Chukchi: ръэв (rʔew)
- Koryak: яъав (jaʔav)
- Kerek: йъав (jʔaw)

Synonyms

*juŋ(juŋ)

References

Fortescue, Michael. 2005. Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary. (Trends in Linguistic Documentation 23.) Berlin – New York: de Gruyter. →ISBN

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