бачуˮ

Nganasan

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *wahŋtut, derived from Proto-Uralic *wajŋi (“breath, spirit”).

Noun

бачуˮ • (transliteration needed)

1. soul

References

• N. T. Kosterkina, A. C. Momde, T. Y. Zhdanova (2001) “бачуˮ”, in Словарь нганасанско-русский и русско-нганасанский, St. Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 22