нингэй

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Southern Yukaghir[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Yukaghir *ninkə-.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [nɪnˈɡei̯]
  • Rhymes: -ej
  • Hyphenation: нин‧гэй

Verb[edit]

нингэй (ningej) (intransitive)

  1. be a lot of, be many
    • 2000, V. K. Spiridonov, I. A. Nikolaeva, Букварь для 1 класса юкагирских школ [A primer for the 1st class of Yukaghir schools], Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 50:
      Мит чаашэт нингэй цифрэк лэйдиил.
      Mit čāšet ningej cifrek lejdīl.
      We now know a lot of numbers.

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  • I. A. Nikolaeva, V. G. Shalugin (2002) Словарь Юкагирско-русский и русско-юкагирский (Верхнеколымский диалект) [Yukaghir-Russian and Russian-Yukaghir dictionary (Upper Kolyma dialect)], Saint Petersburg: Дрофа, →ISBN, page 47
  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 543