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Northern Mansi
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lewle, cognates include Northern Khanty ԯыԯ (łył) - ԓыԓ (łył, “soul, breath”), Hungarian lélek (“soul”), Eastern Mansi (lil), Southern Mansi (lält) and Western Mansi (lėľ)[1]
Pronunciation
IPA(key):
Noun
лылы (lyly) (Sosva)
- breath
- life
- Synonym: о̄лупса (ōlupsa)
- soul
- Synonym: ис (is)
Derived terms
References
- Afanasʹjeva, K. V., Sobjanina, S. A. (2012) “лылы”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ [Mansi-Russian school dictionary], Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO
- E. I. Rombandejeva (2005) Русско-Мансийский словарь (Е. Ромбандеева) [Russian-Mansi Dictionary (E. Rombandeeva)], Saint-Petersburg: ООО "Миралл", →ISBN, page 74