ниӈк

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Northern Mansi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *ńiŋe (“maggot, worm”) or *ńiwŋɜ.[1] Cognates include Hungarian nyű and Western Mansi [script needed] (ńiχ).

Noun

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ниӈк (niňk)

  1. (obsolete) maggot, worm
    Synonyms: ма̄тар (mātar, “earthworm”), ня̄руй (nâ̄ruj, “caterpillar”), войкануй (vojkanuj)

References

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  1. ^ Entry #630 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Further reading

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  • Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán [1]
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