ниӈк

Mansi

Alternative forms

  • - (ńiχ) (Western Mansi)

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ńiŋe (“maggot, worm”) or *ńiwŋɜ[1]. Cognates include Hungarian nyű.

Noun

ниӈк • (ńiŋk)

  1. maggot
  2. worm

References

  1. ↑ Entry #630 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Source

  1. Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán
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