ӈэва

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Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *åjwå, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ӈэ‧ва

Noun

ӈэва (ŋewa)

  1. head
  2. top
  3. front

References

  • Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 59
  • N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “ӈэва”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN
  • Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 33