Nanai

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Etymology

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From они (oni, mountain river) +‎ -ка̄н (-kān).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oɲikãː/
  • Hyphenation: о‧ни‧кан

Noun

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оника̄н (onikān)

  1. diminutive of они (oni): mountain stream

References

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  • S. N. Onenko (1980) “оникан”, in V. A. Avrorina, editor, Нанайско-русский словарь [Nanai-Russian dictionary], Русский язык