Udihe

Lexical words in Udihe

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Search: xuaŋcaŋa. 1 total hits in 1 transcripts.
The fox wife (1)
i:ne:-k, uti xuaŋcaŋa ami-ni xuaŋcaŋa.
come.PST-EXP this chief father-3SG chief
прийти.ПРОШ-EXP этот chief отец-3ЕД chief
He came there and it turned out that her father was a fox king.
Пришел, а ее отец – лисий царь.
Xuaŋcaŋa (from Chinese huánɡ 'emperor') refers to the master of a group of animals (cf. text 25 "The Grandmother, the Grandson, and the Birds") where the King of Birds is mentioned.