икэдэй

Even

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *ikē- (“to sing; to sing obscene songs, blackguard”).[1] Cognate with Evenki икэ̄демӣ (ikə̄ʒemī, “to sing”), Manchu ᠶᡝᡴᡝᠮᠪᡳ (yekembi, “to sing obscene songs”), etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /i.kəː.dəj/

Verb

икэ̄дэй (ikə̄dəj)

  1. to sing
  • икэ̄ (ikə̄, “song”)

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ikē-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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