ӄораӈы

Chukchi

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *qora, compare Koryak ӄояӈа (qoyaŋa), Alutor ӄураӈа, Itelmen ӄос.

Derived by Fortescue from Proto-Samoyedic *korå (“male, reindeer bull”) from Proto-Uralic *kojera, and further connected with Even ора̇н (orȧn, “reindeer”) (from Proto-Tungusic *oran) and Southern Yukaghir хорой (qoroj, “two-year-old male reindeer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qoraŋə/

Noun

ӄораӈы (qoraŋə) (plural ӄорат)

1. (domesticated) reindeer

   Ӄораӈы гатвыԓен аӈӄагты.

   The reindeer had been consecrated to the sea.

Declension

declension of ӄораӈы

	singular	plural
absolutive	ӄораӈы	ӄорат
ergative-instrumental	ӄората
essive	ӄорано
locative	ӄорак
ablative	ӄорайпы
dative-allative	ӄорагты
orientative	ӄорагъет
comitative I	гаӄората
comitative II	гаӄорама

Hyponyms

Chukchi:Reindeers