ванар

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *wonor. Cognates include Southern Yukaghir онор (onor) and Omok геинерръ (geinerr).

Noun

ванар (wanar)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language, speech
3. gossip

References

• Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 457
• Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka