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Pičvuˊčin

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/piːt͡ʃβuːt͡ʃiːn/ imputed
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  • 2-010 will be observed, are the same in regard to the owner of game (Pičvuˊčin).¹
  • 2-012 Pičvuˊčin is a special “owner” of wild reindeer and of all land-game. He
  • 2-012 say that Pičvuˊčin has influence with sea-game also. Sometimes he may be
  • 2-013 ¹ According to some descriptions, Pičvuˊčin rides the largest bucks in his herds: therefore wild reindeer
  • 2-038 of the Chukchee becomes Tñahɪˊtñɪn in Koryak. Pičvuˊčin is known to the Koryak under
  • 2-058 Pičvuˊčin.

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