масась

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *måsə-, from Proto-Uralic *mośke-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʌsəsʲ(ə̥)]
• Hyphenation: ма‧сась

Verb

масӑсь • (masăsʹ°) pf (imperfective масбӑсь)

1. (transitive) to wash
2. (transitive) to smear

References

• Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 262
• N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “масӑсь”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN