сибя

Tundra Nenets

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samoyedic *kejpä, from Proto-Uralic *kepä.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲiːbʲɐ]
• Hyphenation: си‧бя

Adjective

сӣбя • (syībya) (comparative сӣбярка)

1. light (of weight)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Samoyedic *kimä.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲibʲə]
• Hyphenation: си‧бя

Noun

сибя̆ • (syibyă)

1. dust

Etymology 3

From Proto-Samoyedic *kiwä.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲibʲə]
• Hyphenation: си‧бя

Noun

сибя̆ • (syibyă)

1. larva

References

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