ніонголь

Omok

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *joŋq-. Cognates include Southern Yukaghir йоҕул (johul), Northern Yukaghir йоҕул (johul) and probably Chuvan ево (jewo).

Noun

ніонголь (nïongolʹ)

1. nose

References

• Ferdinand von Wrangel (1841) Прибавленія къ путешествію по сѣвернымъ берегамъ Сибири и Ледовитому Морю [Supplements to the adventure along the northern shores of Siberia and the Arctic Ocean] (in Russian), volume 2, Saint Petersburg, page 116