тив

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Mongolian

Etymology

From Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpa, continent).

Pronunciation

Noun

тив (tiv) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠢᠢᠪ (tiib))

  1. continent

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

Irregularly shortened from *тӣв (*tyīw°), from Proto-Samoyedic *tejwə, from Proto-Uralic *śowja.

Pronunciation

Noun

тив (tyiw°)

  1. belly
  2. contents of a deer gut

References

  • N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “тив”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN