Mongolian edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpa, continent).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

тив (tiv) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠢᠢᠪ (tiib))

  1. continent

Tundra Nenets edit

Etymology edit

Irregularly shortened from *тӣв (*tyīw°), from Proto-Samoyedic *tejwə, from Proto-Uralic *śowja.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [tʲiw(ə̥)]
  • Hyphenation: тив

Noun edit

тив (tyiw°)

  1. belly
  2. contents of a deer gut

References edit

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