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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from English totem, from Ojibwe (o)doodem(an).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (phonetic respelling: тотэ́м)
Noun
тоте́м • (totɛ́m) m inan (genitive тоте́ма, nominative plural тоте́мы, genitive plural тоте́мов)
- totem
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: տոտեմ (totem)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ojibwe (o)doodem(an).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tǒteːm/
- Hyphenation: то‧тем
Noun
то̀те̄м m (Latin spelling tòtēm)
- totem
Declension