ɪmana

See also: imana

Oroqen

Alternative forms

ïmana

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *xịma-nse (“snow”), cognate with Nanai симана, Evenki иманна (imanna), and Manchu ᠨᡳᠮᠠᠩᡤᡳ (nimanggi).

Noun

ɪmana

  1. snow

References
  • Li, Fengxiang and Lindsay J. Whaley, Oroqen vocabulary, in Martin Haspelmath & Uri Tadmor (editors), World Loanword Database, Munich: Max Planck Digital Library (2009)
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