иˮ

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *wit, from Proto-Uralic *wete. Cognates include Finnish vesi and Hungarian víz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjiʔ/

Noun

иˮ • (yiq)

1. water

References

• A. P. Pyrerka and N. M. Tereshenko, editors (1948) Русско-Ненецкий словарь [Russian-Nenets dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 38
• Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 57