каӆя

Forest Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *kålä, from Proto-Uralic *kala. Cognates include Tundra Nenets халя (xalya), Northern Mansi хӯл (hūl), and Hungarian hal.

Noun

ка̄ӆя (transliteration needed)

1. fish

References

• M. Y. Barmich, I. A. Vello (2002) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий (лесной диалект), Просвещение, →ISBN, page 257