эмдьэ

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *emčʼə. Cognates include Southern Yukaghir эмдьэ (emdʹe).

Noun

эмдьэ (emd̦e)

1. younger sibling

References

• Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 158
• Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka

Southern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *emčʼə. Cognates include Northern Yukaghir эмдьэ (emd̦e).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈemd͡ʑə]
• Rhymes: -emd͡ʑə
• Hyphenation: эм‧дьэ

Noun

эмдьэ (emdʹe)

1. younger sibling
   • 2007, M. I. Turpanova, Раньше, когда мы были маленькие [Before, when we were little]:

     Мэт эмдьэ тиимиэ йукоой.

     Met emdʹe tīmie jukōj.

     My baby sister was as little as this.

Declension

Declension of эмдьэ

		Unpossessed		Possessed
		singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative		эмдьэ (emdʹe)	эмдьэпул (emdʹepul)	эмдьэги (emdʹegi)	эмдьэпки (emdʹepki)
predicative	long	эмдьэлэк (emdʹelek)	эмдьэплэк (emdʹeplek)
	short	эмдьэк (emdʹek)	эмдьэпулэк (emdʹepulek)
accusative		эмдьэгэлэ (emdʹegele)	эмдьэпулгэлэ (emdʹepulgele)	эмдьэдэйлэ (emdʹedejle)	эмдьэптэйлэ (emdʹeptejle)
instrumental		эмдьэлэ (emdʹele)	эмдьэплэ (emdʹeple)	эмдьэдэлэ (emdʹedele)	эмдьэптэлэ (emdʹeptele)
dative		эмдьэҥин (emdʹeŋin)	эмдьэпулҥин (emdʹepulŋin)	эмдьэдин (emdʹedin)	эмдьэптин (emdʹeptin)
locative		эмдьэгэ (emdʹege)	эмдьэпулгэ (emdʹepulge)	эмдьэдэгэ (emdʹedege)	эмдьэптэгэ (emdʹeptege)
ablative		эмдьэгэт (emdʹeget)	эмдьэпулгэт (emdʹepulget)	эмдьэдэгэт (emdʹedeget)	эмдьэптэгэт (emdʹepteget)
prolative		эмдьэгэн (emdʹegen)	эмдьэпулгэн (emdʹepulgen)	эмдьэдэгэн (emdʹedegen)	эмдьэптэгэн (emdʹeptegen)
comitative		эмдьэньэ (emdʹenʹe)	эмдьэпулньэ (emdʹepulnʹe)	эмдьэдэньэ (emdʹedenʹe)	эмдьэптэньэ (emdʹeptenʹe)

References

• 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 91
• Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 545