ӄвэл
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Southern Selkup
| Chumel dialects | |
|---|---|
| Narym | ӄвэл (qwel) |
| Tyuj dialects | |
| Upper Ob | куэл (kuel) |
Etymology
From Proto-Selkup *qwëlə, from Proto-Samoyedic *kålä, from Proto-Uralic *kala. Cognates include Tundra Nenets халя (xalya), Finnish kala and Hungarian hal.
Pronunciation
Noun
ӄвэл (qwel) (Narym)
- fish
- 2022, Grogorij Korotkih, Современный язык нарымских селькупов (overall work in Russian), page 57:
- Ӄвэлт ти̇́рэл то̄ла.
- Qwelt ti̇́rel tōla.
- Lakes full of fish.
Further reading
- G.V. Korotkih (2022) Современный язык нарымских селькупов [The modern language of Narym Selkups], Tomsk: Соиздательство ценных книг «Грасион», →ISBN, page 57 of 150