ON THE ETYMOLOGY OF SOME HYDRONYMS OF NERYUNGRI DISTRICT
The etymology of a number of hydro-objects of Neryungri District of southern Yakutia is covered in the work. The basis of this collective work was the materials collected by the authors in the framework of the research project “Lexicographic description of the toponymy of the South Yakut region” (project No. 08-04-00023a), carried out with the financial support of The Russian Humanitarian Science Foundation. The information is obtained as a result of working with maps of various specializations, dictionaries, as well as with informants - Evenks, hunters and reindeer herders. The results of lexical and semantic analysis of aboriginal hydronyms of the South of Yakutia, which are based on the properties and qualities of topoobjects, are presented. The principles and types of nomination of names of water bodies are considered on the unique toponymic material.