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ванар

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Northern Yukaghir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Yukaghir *wonor. Cognates include Southern Yukaghir онор (onor) and Omok геинерръ (geinerr).

Noun

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ванар (wanar)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language, speech
  3. gossip

References

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  • Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 457
  • Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka