-бэ

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Southern Yukaghir

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-бэ (-be)

  1. Used to form locative nouns: place where people do...
    ажуу (ažū, word; language) + ‎-бэ (-be) → ‎ажуубэ (ažūbe, conversation)
    мой- (moj-, hold) + ‎-бэ (-be) → ‎мойбэ (mojbe, handle; notch, literally place where people hold)
    ходоо- (qodō-, lie) + ‎-бэ (-be) → ‎ходообэ (qodōbe, bed, literally place where people lie)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 130