ваӈг

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *wåŋkə, from Proto-Uralic *woŋke. Cognate with Finnish onkalo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wʌŋɡ(ə̥)]
• Hyphenation: ваӈг

Noun

ваӈг • (waŋg°)

1. pit
2. hollow
3. ravine

Derived terms

• ваӈгалць (waŋgalcʹ°, “to latibulize”)
• ваӈглёсь (waŋglyosʹ°, “to lie in a den”)
• ваӈгота (waŋgota, “burrow”)
• ваӈгця (waŋgcya, “hole; pit”)

References

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