ванар

Northern Yukaghir

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *wonor. Cognates include Southern Yukaghir онор (onor) and Omok геинерръ (geinerr).

Noun

ванар (wanar)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language, speech
  3. gossip

References

  • Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 457
  • Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka
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