важенка

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Kildin Sami ва̄жь (vāž’).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvaʐɨnkə]
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Noun

ва́женка • (váženkaf anim (genitive ва́женки, nominative plural ва́женки, genitive plural ва́женок)

  1. female reindeer
    Synonym: важа́тка (važátka)

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “важенка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress