варӷ

Southern Selkup

Regional variants of варӷ

Chumel dialects
Narym	варӷ (warģ)
Tyuj dialects
Upper Ob	уарх (uarx)

Alternative forms

• варг (warg) (rare)

Etymology

From Proto-Selkup *warqə, from Proto-Samoyedic *årkå.

Cognates include Northern Selkup вәрӄы (wərqy), Tundra Nenets ӈарка (ŋarka) and Kamassian урго (urgo).

Adjective

варӷ (warģ) (Narym)

1. big
   • 2022, Grigorij Korotkih, Современный язык нарымских селькупов (overall work in Russian), page 24:

     Мат табэна́ндо варӷ э̄як хомбла́ пот кунд шаӄ.

     Mat tabenándo warģ ējak xomblá pot kund šaq.

     I'm five years older (lit. bigger) than her.

Further reading

• I. A. Korobeynikova (2020) Родное слово [Native word], Tomsk: Аграф-Пресс; Вайар, →ISBN, page 48 of 240