Tundra Nenets

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samoyedic *såjə- (to wage war) +‎ -ув (-uw°), ultimately from Proto-Uralic *śoďa (war).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sʌjʉw(ə̥)]
  • Hyphenation: са‧юв

Noun

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саюв (sayuw°)

  1. army, troops

References

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  • N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “саюв”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN