ɪmana

See also: imana

Oroqen

Alternative forms

• ïmana

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *ximansa, cognate with Nanai симана (simana), Evenki иманна (imanna), and Manchu ᠨᡳᠮᠠᠩᡤᡳ (nimanggi).

Noun

ɪmana

1. snow

References

• Li, Fengxiang and Lindsay J. Whaley, Oroqen vocabulary, in Martin Haspelmath & Uri Tadmor (editors), World Loanword Database, Munich: Max Planck Digital Library (2009)