нявуӈкве

Mansi

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ńükɜ- (“to rip, tear”). Cognates include Hungarian nyű and Finnish nykiä.[1]

Verb

нявуӈкве • (ńawuŋkwe)

  1. to tear
  2. to weed
  3. to strip
  4. to shear

References
  1. Entry #625 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  • Mansi dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán
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