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ӄанӈ in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Nivkh
Etymology
From Proto-Nivkh *ɢanŋ.
Similar to other Eurasian dog words such as Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-kʷəj-n and Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ, but this is likely to be a coincidence or a parallel onomatopoeic derivation.
Pronunciation
Noun
ӄанӈ (qanŋ)
- (East Sakhalin, South Sakhalin) dog
- ӄан (qan) (Amur, North Sakhalin)