Itelmen edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *nanqən (stomach). Compare also Chukchi нанӄын (nanqən), Koryak нанӄын (nanqən), Kerek нанӄын (nanqən) and Alutor нанӄын (nanqən).

Noun edit

нанӄ (nanq) (plural нанӄаʼн)

  1. (of animals) stomach

References edit

  • Volodin, Aleksandr P. (1989) Cловарь ительменско-русский и русско-ительменский [Itelmen-Russian and Russian-Itelmen Dictionary], Leningrad: Prosveshenie, →ISBN, page 61.