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
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