ниӈк

Mansi

Alternative forms

  • [script needed] (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.

Further reading

  1. Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán
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