исавэй

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From ӣ (yī, “mind”) +‎ -савэй (-sawey°).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jiːsʌwæj(ə̥)]
• Hyphenation: и‧са‧вэ̇й

Adjective

ӣсавэй • (yīsawey°) (comparative ӣсавэярка)

1. intelligent

References

• N. M. Tereschenko (1965) “исавэй”, in Ненецко-русский словарь, Moscow: Советская Энциклопедия
• Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 32