dəyi

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See also: deyi, déyí, déyǐ, and dèyi

Oroqen

Alternative forms

deyi

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *degī. Cognate with Evenki дэги (dəgi).

Noun

dəyi

  1. fowl, bird

References

  • Li, Fengxiang and Lindsay J. Whaley, Oroqen vocabulary, in Martin Haspelmath & Uri Tadmor (editors), World Loanword Database, Munich: Max Planck Digital Library (2009)