мэм

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Itelmen

Noun

мэм (mem)

  1. a summer hut, a saeter
    Ӄа’т ит’ ламԓ лэатызэн, ӄнэӈ миԓ ч’амзалэ’н, к’э зуњԓӄуэ’н Эсхԓэнк, пикатызэ’н мэмэ’нк
    Qa’t it’ lamɬ leatîzen, qneŋ miɬ č’amzale’n, k’e zuňɬque’n Esxɬenk, pikatîze’n meme’nk
    When summer comes, all at once all the people, who lived in Sedanka, left for their summer huts

References

  • E. Kasten, M. Dürr (2015). Itelmen texts : a preliminary linguistic analysis
  • M. Dürr, M. Risler, D. Kester, M. Krauss, A. Volodin, E. Kasten, K. Khaloymova, J. Bobalik, Ch. Ono (2021). Полный ительменско-русский словарь

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from English ma'am.

Pronunciation

Noun

мэм (mɛmf anim (indeclinable)

  1. ma'am (polite term of address to a woman in the UK, US and other English-speaking countries)
    Synonym: мада́м (madám)