тӱ

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Southern Selkup

Regional variants of тӱ
Chumel dialects
Narym тӱ̄, тӱ (tǖ, tü)
Tyuj dialects
Upper Ob тіі

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Selkup *tǖ, from Proto-Samoyedic *tuj, from Proto-Uralic *tuli. Cognates include Kamassian шӱ (šü), Finnish tuli and Kildin Sami то̄лл (tōll).

Pronunciation

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Noun

тӱ () (Narym)

  1. fire
    • 2022, Grigorij Korotkih, Современный язык нарымских селькупов (overall work in Russian), page 118:
      Альҗига́ оӄӄэрэмҗэл ня́бэт кайо́ӽе тӱп абэдэ́шпат.
      The elder feeds the fire with the broth from the first duck.
  2. bonfire

Further reading

  • G.V. Korotkih (2022) Современный язык нарымских селькупов [The modern language of Narym Selkups], Tomsk: Соиздательство ценных книг «Грасион», →ISBN, page 184 of 150