Tundra Nenets
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Etymology
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From ню (nyu, “child”) + -савэй (-sawey°).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [nʲʉːsʌwæj(ə̥)]
- Hyphenation: ню‧са‧вэй
Adjective
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ню̄савэй • (nyūsawey°) (comparative ню̄савэярка)
- child-having
References
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- Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 33