ниӈк

ниӈк

Mansi

Alternative forms

• [script needed] (ńiχ) – Western Mansi

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ńiŋe (“maggot, worm”) or *ńiwŋɜ[1]. Cognates include Hungarian nyű.

Noun

ниӈк • (ńiŋk)

1. maggot
2. worm

References

1. Entry #630 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Further reading

1. Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán