еся

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *wesä, from Proto-Uralic *waśke. Cognates include Finnish vaski and Hungarian vas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjesʲa/

Noun

еся • (yeśa)

1. iron
2. metal
3. money

References

• A. P. Pyrerka and N. M. Tereshenko, editors (1948) Русско-Ненецкий словарь [Russian-Nenets dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, pages 66, 78, 132
• Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 26