пыя

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *pïjå. Cognate with Narym Southern Selkup пуҗь (puǯ’).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɨjɐ]
  • Hyphenation: пы‧я

Noun

пыя • (piya)

  1. nose
  2. beak

References

  • Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 155
  • N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “пыя”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN