нюмʼ

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *nim, from Proto-Uralic *nime.

The development of *-i- to -u- is irregular and may have been influenced by the following m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲʉmˀ]
• Hyphenation: нюмʼ

Noun

нюмʼ • (nyum)

1. name

References

• Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 105
• N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “нюмʼ”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN
• A. V. Almazova (1961) Самоучитель Ненецкого языка [Self-Teaching book of the Nenets language], Leningrad, page 225