ԯыԯ

Khanty

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lewlɜ, cognates include, Mansi лылы (lyly, “breath”) and Hungarian lélek (“soul”)[1]

Noun

ԯыԯ • (łył)(Kazym)

  1. breath
  2. life
  3. soul

References
  1. Entry #483 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • В. Н. Соловар (2014) Хантыйско-русский Словарь (казымский диалект) [Khanty-Russian Dictionary (Kazym Dialect)]‎, Khanty-Mansiysk: ООО «ФОРМАТ», →ISBN, page 168
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