лю

Dungan

Etymology

Cognate to Standard Mandarin (liù).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liou²⁴/

Numeral

лю • (li͡u) (I)

  1. six

Ket

Etymology

From earlier *lugʌ (“lath, chip”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲuˑ˧], [ɮʲuˑ˧], [lʲuː˩˥˧], [ɮʲuː˩˥˧]

Noun

лю ~ люу (lū ~ lúùn (plural люӈ or люуӈ)

  1. splint, lath, chip

Usage notes

  • Northern Ket varieties use люге/люуге (lūke ~ lúùke) instead.

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 485

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 16
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 265

Sirenik

Noun

лю (lju)

  1. dwelling

References

  • G. A. Menovschikov (1964), Язык сиреникских эскимосов [The language of Sirenik Eskimos]‎[1], Академия Наук СССР, page 189