чив

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Southern Selkup

Regional variants of чив
Chumel dialects
Narym чив, чев
Tyuj dialects
Upper Ob теу

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Samoyedic *jimä, from Proto-Uralic *ďümä. Cognate with Tundra Nenets ибя (yibya), Northern Selkup тимы (timy)

Noun

чив (transliteration needed) (Narym)

  1. glue
Declension

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Etymology 2

From Proto-Samoyedic *kiwä. Cognate with Tundra Nenets сибя (syibya).

Noun

чив (transliteration needed) (Narym)

  1. worm
Declension

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(Narym)

Etymology 3

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Noun

чив (transliteration needed) (Narym)

  1. bird cherry fruit
Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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