Tundra Nenets edit

Etymology edit

From яб (yab°, luck) +‎ -савэй (-sawey°).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [jɐbsʌwæj(ə̥)]
  • Hyphenation: яб‧са‧вэй

Adjective edit

ябсавэй (yabsawey°) (comparative ябсавэярка)

  1. lucky

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 278
  • N. M. Tereschenko (1965) “ябсавэй”, in Ненецко-русский словарь, Moscow: Советская Энциклопедия
  • Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 34