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Alutor
Etymology
From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *tumɣə. Cognate with the chukchi term.
Pronunciation
Noun
тумгытум (tumɣətum) (dual тумгыт, plural тумгувви)
- comrade, companion, friend
гымнин тумгытум тэӈатыткын- my friend is preparing fish
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References
Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan Dictionary by Michael D. Fortescue
Chukchi
Etymology
From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *tumɣə.
Pronunciation
Noun
тумгытум (tumɣətum) (plural тумгыт)
- 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.
- spouse
О’мрыӈана тумгытум ивнин.- Omryna said to her husband.
Эрмэчьэ инэнпиривнин эвиръэ тумгытум.- The strong man took clothes for his wife.
- 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)
- comrade, companion
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