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Etymology
From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *æɣælmiq. Cognate with Chukchi эгэлмиӄ (eɣelmiq), and Koryak авʼалмын (awalmən).
Noun
авʼалмиӄ (awalmiq) (dual авʼалмиӄти, plural авʼалмиӄувʼвʼи)
- tinder, dry sticks and fibre used to help light a fire.
Умакаллат авʼалмиӄувʼвʼи.- They gathered tinder together.
Ъынпыӈавʼ иви кытвыл анимлǝтъаллака авʼалмиӄыӈ.- The old woman said, "don't dump water on the tinder".
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