гвэй
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Southern Selkup
| Chumel dialects | |
|---|---|
| Narym | гвэй, ӷвэй (gwej, ģwej) |
| Tyuj dialects | |
| Upper Ob | куай (kuaj) |
Alternative forms
- ӷвэй (ģwej)
Etymology
From Proto-Samoyedic *wahŋtut, from Proto-Uralic *wajŋe.
Related to Finnish vaimo (“wife”). Cognates with Tundra Nenets бачуˮ (baćuq).
Pronunciation
Noun
гвэй (gwej) (Narym)
Further reading
- I. A. Korobeynikova (2020) Родное слово [Native word], Tomsk: Аграф-Пресс; Вайар, →ISBN, page 50 of 240