ӈэва

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *åjwå, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa. Cognates include Northern Sami oaivi and Eastern Mari вуй (vuj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈŋæːwa/

Noun

ӈэва • (ŋæwa)

1. head

References

• A. P. Pyrerka and N. M. Tereshenko, editors (1948) Русско-Ненецкий словарь [Russian-Nenets dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 59
• Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 33