кер̌ӄ

Nivkh edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Nivkh *gerqŋ,^[1] possibly deriving from *ge- (“sea”) + *herqŋ (“side”),^[2] see эр̌ӄ (eřq).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ker̥q/

Noun edit

кер̌ӄ (keřq)

(Amur) sea

Related terms edit

кер̌ӄӈ (keřqŋ) (Sakhalin)
(?) кеӈ (keŋ, “whale”)
(?) кеӽ (keẋ, “seagull”)

See also edit

тол (tol, “body of water, sea”)

References edit

^ Fortescue, Michael (2016) Comparative Nivkh Dictionary, München: LINCOM, page 59
^ Robert Austerlitz (1959) Semantic components of pronoun systems: Gilyak, Word 15

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