тумгытум

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Alutor

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *tumɣə. Cognate with the chukchi term.

Pronunciation

Noun

тумгытум (tumɣətum) (dual тумгыт, plural тумгувви)

  1. comrade, companion, friend
    гымнин тумгытум тэӈатыткын
    my friend is preparing fish

References

Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan Dictionary by Michael D. Fortescue

Chukchi

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *tumɣə.

Pronunciation

Noun

тумгытум (tumɣətum) (plural тумгыт)

  1. friend, comrade, fellow, companion
    Тумгэ ы'ԓгу ныԓгыӄин Володя.
    The friends liked Volodya.
    Ӄаата тумгытум рэԓьугнин, ӄымэԓ-ым ӈирэргэри тырэнуӈынэт.
    The reindeer will find a fellow and so I will eat both of them.
  2. spouse
    О’мрыӈана тумгытум ивнин.
    Omryna said to her husband.
    Эрмэчьэ инэнпиривнин эвиръэ тумгытум.
    The strong man took clothes for his wife.
  3. assistant spirit
    Ӄэйӈун гынан ръэнут тумгу нинэԓгигыт?
    Whom do you usually take as an assistant spirit?

Koryak

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *tumɣə.

Pronunciation

Noun

тумгытум (tumɣətum) (dual тумгыт, plural тумгу)

  1. comrade, companion