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Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/wərkə

This Proto-Samoyedic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Samoyedic

Etymology

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Noun

*wərkə

  1. bear

Descendants
  • Nganasan: ӈарка
  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets: богля
  • Nenets:
  • Selkup:
    • Northern Selkup: ӄорӄы (qorqy)
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym Selkup: ӄорӷ
      • Chulym Selkup: куэрх

References
  • Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
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