Tundra Nenets edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Samoyedic *kejpä, from Proto-Uralic *kepä.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sʲiːbʲɐ]
  • Hyphenation: си‧бя

Adjective edit

сӣбя (syībya) (comparative сӣбярка)

  1. light (of weight)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Samoyedic *kimä.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sʲibʲə]
  • Hyphenation: си‧бя

Noun edit

сибя̆ (syibyă)

  1. dust

Etymology 3 edit

From Proto-Samoyedic *kiwä.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sʲibʲə]
  • Hyphenation: си‧бя

Noun edit

сибя̆ (syibyă)

  1. larva

References edit

  • N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “сибя”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN