Features of the formation of vocabulary units denoting colors in the Yukagir language

Lukina Margarita Petrovna

The article reveals the features of the formation of vocabulary units denoting colors in the Yukagir language. The result of the study is the conclusion that the word formation of color terms in the dialects of the Yukagir language is significantly different. In the tundra dialect of the Yukagir language, the color designation system in terms of structure includes: 1) color-indicating words of the verb type; 2) color-designated words of the nominal type. In the Kolyma dialect of the Yukagir language, from the point of view of structure, color-denoting words of only a verb type are distinguished.

Keywords:Yukagir language, tundra dialect, Kolyma dialect, color designation.