Features of word-formation and functioning of lexical units used in the role of “adjective” in the tundra dialect of yukagir language

Lukina Margarita Petrovna

This article reveals the features of word formation and the functioning of lexical units used as an “adjective” in the tundra dialect of the Yukagir language. As a result of the study, “doubleness” of the content and functioning of the indicated lexical units is revealed, which is expressed in the manifestation of some lexical units that are used as “adjective” as verbal words, and others as nominal, bearing nominal characters. This feature of word formation and the functioning of lexical units used as an “adjective” indicates the difficulty of distinguishing this group of words as a separate part of speech in the tundra dialect of the Yukagir language.

Keywords:Yukagir language, tundra dialect, participles, quality verbs.