нюмʼ

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *nim, from Proto-Uralic *nime. Cognates include Hungarian név, Finnish nimi.

The development of *i to u is irregular and may have been influenced by the following m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʲum/

Noun

нюмʼ • (ńum)

1. name

References

• A. P. Pyrerka and N. M. Tereshenko, editors (1948) Русско-Ненецкий словарь [Russian-Nenets dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 105
• A. V. Almazova (1961) Самоучитель Ненецкого языка [Self-Teaching book of the Nenets language], Leningrad, page 225