čibaj

Pumpokol

Alternative forms

  • tschibài, čibài (M.)
  • čiebaj (VW.)

Etymology

Compound of *či (“big”) +‎ baj (“wind”).[1]

Noun

čibaj (W., Kl.)

  1. (meteorology) storm

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “čibaj/čiebaj”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 1, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 181

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 180
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