Animals in Evenki!

In honor of my new roommate, who is herself an animal, here’s a list of animals in Hulunbuir Evenki. Loans from Mongolian noted: Important livestock (all borrowed from Classical Mongolian): qɔnin: sheep ukər: cattle mɔrin: horse jamaɣan: goat Other Mammals: inakin: dog (compare Mong. nɔxɔɪ) bɔqa: deer (compare Mong. bʊqa) kɔskə: cat (from Russian koʃka) guskɔ: wolf Other Vertebrates: dʊ’gi: bird tamədʊ’gi: eagle (it would be interesting to see the meaning of “tamə“) kɔɮin: snake ɔɮdɔ: fish Bugs: iɮasən