nerka

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See also: nerką

Translingual

Etymology

From Russian не́рка (nérka) from Finnish nieriä (“arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus”).

Noun

nerka

  1. Used as a specific epithet; sockeye salmon.

Derived terms

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian не́рка (nérka) from Finnish nieriä (“arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nerka (plural nerkas)

  1. A sockeye salmon.
    • 1892, W. A. Perry, American Game Fishes, page 78:
      This Salmon was a Nerka, and was a tame fish indeed.

Anagrams

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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nerka sense 1
nerka sense 2
nerka sense 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛr.ka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrka
  • Syllabification: ner‧ka

Etymology 1

From nera +‎ -ka.

Noun

nerka f (diminutive nereczka, augmentative nera)

  2. kidney (organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine)
  4. kidney dish, emesis basin (shallow basin with a kidney-shaped base and sloping walls used in medical and surgical wards to receive soiled dressings and other medical waste)
  6. fanny pack, bum bag (small fabric pouch secured with a zipper and worn at the waist by a strap around the hips)
Declension
Declension of nerka
singular plural
nominative nerka nerki
genitive nerki nerek
dative nerce nerkom
accusative nerkę nerki
instrumental nerką nerkami
locative nerce nerkach
vocative nerko nerki
Derived terms
nouns
Descendants
  • → Belarusian: ны́рка (nýrka)
  • → Ukrainian: ни́рка (nýrka)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian не́рка (nérka).

Noun

nerka f

  1. sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
Declension
Declension of nerka
singular plural
nominative nerka nerki
genitive nerki nerek
dative nerce nerkom
accusative nerkę nerki
instrumental nerką nerkami
locative nerce nerkach
vocative nerko nerki

Further reading

  • nerka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • nerka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Plevačová, Hermína (1978) “K slovanským výpůjčkám narikla, nerita, nerka, nanara ap. [About the Slavic loans narikla, nerita, nerka, nanara and so on]”, in Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity. A, Řada jazykovědná‎ (in Czech), volumes A25-26, pages 87–91
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