аангич
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- а́нгич (ángič)
Etymology edit
The call of the long-tailed duck is the origin of the аʼӈи- root.
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Borrowed from Itelmen аʼӈичӽ (a'ngičch), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate to Tundra Nenets ӈаʼʼӈо (nga"ngo, “pochard, long-tailed duck”) and Nivkh ауӈк (auŋk, “type of duck”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
аа́нгич • (aángič) m anim (genitive аа́нгича, nominative plural аа́нгичи, genitive plural аа́нгичей)
- (dialectal, Kamchatka) long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Declension edit
Declension of аа́нгич (anim masc-form sibilant-stem accent-a)
References edit
- Anikin, A. E. (2007) “аангич”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 60