лылы

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Northern Mansi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lewlɜ, cognates include Northern Khanty ԯыԯ (łył) - ԓыԓ (łył, soul, breath), Hungarian lélek (soul), Eastern Mansi [script needed] (lil), Southern Mansi [script needed] (lält) and Western Mansi [script needed] (lėľ)[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): [lili]

Noun[edit]

лылы (lyly) (Sosva)

  1. breath
  2. life

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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.