куөйпэ

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Southern Yukaghir

Pronunciation

Noun

куөйпэ (kuøjpe) (attributive куөйпэн, diminutive куөйпэдиэ)

  1. Synonym of куөй (kuøj)
  2. (archaic) nominative plural of куөй (kuøj)

Usage notes

  • Originally the plural of куөй (kuøj), куөйпэ has been reanalysed as a singular by most speakers.

Declension

References

  • I. A. Nikolaeva, V. G. Shalugin (2002) Словарь Юкагирско-русский и русско-юкагирский (Верхнеколымский диалект) [Yukaghir-Russian and Russian-Yukaghir dictionary (Upper Kolyma dialect)], Saint Petersburg: Дрофа, →ISBN, page 35
  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 74