лоти

Nivkh

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Росси́я (Rossíja) or Russian Русь (Rusʹ), possibly related to Ainu ヌチャ .

Proper noun

лоти (loti)

1. (North Sakhalin) Russian (person)
   • 2020, Н. Г. Бессонова, “Нивх тивух нен-нен ыу мыкыркут гузт фурть [Proper Articulation of Certain Phonemes of the Nivkh Language]”, in II Международный симпозиум на языках коренных малочисленных народов Дальнего Востока Российской Федерации [Second International Symposium in the Languages of the Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the Far East of the Russian Federation]:

     Наквур белорусскунғе, лотиғунғе, украинцкунғе, якутғунғе, тьый эна-эна Россияух ӿум нивхкун пʼрор̌кунты, пʼзифкунты, пʼи культурағе тʼхырпта ӄʼаутғун.

     Nakvur belorusskunꜧe,

     Still, Belarusians, Russians, Ukrainians, Yakuts, and other peoples living in Russia haven't forgotten their traditions, their languages, their culture.

Related terms

• Лоча (Loț’a)