Tundra Nenets

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samoyedic *wərkə. Cognate with Southern Selkup ӄорӷ (qorģ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [wərk(ə̥)]
  • Hyphenation: вӑрк

Noun

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вӑрк (wărk°)

  1. bear

References

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  • Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 131
  • N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “вӑрк”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN