лылы

Mansi

Alternative forms
  • [script needed] (lil) — Eastern Mansi
  • [script needed] (lėľ) — Western Mansi
  • [script needed] (lält) — Southern Mansi

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lewlɜ, cognates include, Khanty ԯыԯ (łył) - ԓыԓ (ḷyḷ, “soul, breath”) and Hungarian lélek (“soul”)[1]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [lili]

Noun

лылы • (lyly) (Sosva)

  1. breath
  2. life

Derived terms

References
  • Afanasʹjeva, K. V.; Sobjanina, S. A. (2012), “лылы”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ) [Mansi-Russian school dictionary], Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO
  1. Entry #483 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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