nerka

nerka

See also: nerką

Translingual

Etymology

From Russian не́рка (nérka) from Finnish nieriä (“arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus”).

Noun

nerka

1. Used as a specific epithet; sockeye salmon.

Derived terms

• Oncorhynchus nerka

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian не́рка (nérka) from Finnish nieriä (“arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɜːkə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɝkə/

Noun

nerka (plural nerkas)

1. A sockeye salmon.
   • 1892, W. A. Perry, American Game Fishes (page 78)

     This Salmon was a Nerka, and was a tame fish indeed.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛr.ka/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrka
• Syllabification: ner‧ka

Etymology 1

From nera +‎ -ka, from Middle Low German nēre (“kidney”), from Proto-Germanic *neurô (“kidney”).

Noun

nerka f (diminutive nereczka, augmentative nera)

1. kidney
2. kidney dish, emesis basin
3. fanny pack, bum bag

Declension

Declension of nerka

	singular	plural
nominative	nerka	nerki
genitive	nerki	nerek
dative	nerce	nerkom
accusative	nerkę	nerki
instrumental	nerką	nerkami
locative	nerce	nerkach
vocative	nerko	nerki

Derived terms

• nerkówka

 

Descendants

• → Belarusian: ны́рка (nýrka)
• → Ukrainian: ни́рка (nýrka)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian не́рка (nérka) from Finnish nieriä (“arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus”).

Noun

nerka f

1. sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

Declension

Declension of nerka

	singular	plural
nominative	nerka	nerki
genitive	nerki	nerek
dative	nerce	nerkom
accusative	nerkę	nerki
instrumental	nerką	nerkami
locative	nerce	nerkach
vocative	nerko	nerki

Further reading

• nerka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nerka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Plevačová, Hermína (1978), “K slovanským výpůjčkám narikla, nerita, nerka, nanara ap. [About the Slavic loans narikla, nerita, nerka, nanara and so on]”, in Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity. A, Řada jazykovědná‎ (in Czech), volume A25-26, pages 87–91