чуор

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *čo:r

Noun

чуор (țuor)

  1. vortex, whirlwind

References

  • Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 142
  • Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka

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Adjective

чуор • (cuor)

  1. (of sound) clear, sonorous
    чуор саҥа ― cuor saña ― a clear voice
  2. (of hearing) acute
    Antonym: дьүлэй (jüley, “deaf”)
  3. brittle, fragile
    Synonym: кэбирэх (kebireq)
    Antonym: кытаанах (kıtaanaq, “solid, strong”)
    чуор мутук ― cuor mutuk ― a fragile branch
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