Udihe

Lexical words in Udihe

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Search: kaja. 1 total hits in 1 transcripts.
The oriole grandson (1)
kaja=ga daŋda=ga xuŋu, xuŋu, dili=ge seze=ge xuŋu, xuŋu, jeuxi ŋene-i?” gune:-ni.
side=FOC sticking:out=FOC hoot hoot head=FOC disheveled=FOC hoot hoot where go-2SG say.PST-3SG
сторона=ФОК sticking:out=ФОК hoot hoot голова=ФОК disheveled=ФОК hoot hoot где идти-2ЕД сказать.ПРОШ-3ЕД
Your hips protrude, your hair is shaggy, where are you going»
Бока у тебя выпирают, голова лохматая, куда идешь?»
In the expression "kaja=ga daŋda=ga ... dili=ge seze=ge ..." the final syllables -ge and -ga are meaningless. The addition of such syllables is typical of the language of fairy tale animals and chants.