ӈэва

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *åjwå, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ŋæwʌ]
• Hyphenation: ӈэ‧ва

Noun

ӈэва • (ŋewa)

1. head
2. top
3. front

References

• Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 59
• N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “ӈэва”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN
• Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 33