ыкын

Nivkh

Etymology

Earlier (*akan). Maybe related to *ake, compare Evenki акин (akin), Mongolic *aka, compare Mongolian ах (ax), and also Ainu アㇰ (ak, “younger brother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɤkɤn/

Noun

ыкын (əkən)

1. (Amur) elder brother; big brother

Synonyms

• аки (aki) (Sakhalin)
• аӄан (aqan) (Sakhalin)
• аӄанд (aqand) (Sakhalin)

References

• “Семья, охота и религия: исконная лексика нивхов”, in Нивхский язык‎^[1], PostNauka, 2020 November 10, retrieved 2023-04-25