йӛӈк

Eastern Khanty

Йӛӈк.

Alternative forms

• я̈ӈк (jäṇk) — Vasyugan
• йәӈк (jəṇk) — Surgut

Etymology

From Proto-Khanty *jiŋk, from Proto-Uralic *jäŋe. Cognates include Northern Khanty йиӈк (jiṇk), Northern Mansi я̄ӈк (â̄ňk, “ice”), Hungarian jég (“ice”) and Finnish jää (“ice”).

Noun

йӛӈк (jjəṇk) (Vakh)

1. water

References

• Terjóškin, N. I., Spodina, V. I. (1997) “йӛӈк”, in Словарь хантыйско-русский и русско-хантыйский (ваховский диалект) [Khanty-Russian and Russian-Khanty Dictionary (Vakh dialect)], Nizhnevartovsk: Уральская государственная лесотехническая академия, →ISBN, page 36