ябсавэй

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From яб (yab°, “luck”) +‎ -савэй (-sawey°).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɐbsʌwæj(ə̥)]
• Hyphenation: яб‧са‧вэй

Adjective

ябсавэй • (yabsawey°) (comparative ябсавэярка)

1. lucky

Synonyms

• я̄бта (yābta)

References

• Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 278
• N. M. Tereschenko (1965) “ябсавэй”, in Ненецко-русский словарь, Moscow: Советская Энциклопедия
• Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 34