кер̌ӄ

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Nivkh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Nivkh *gerqŋ [1], possibly deriving from *ge- (“sea”) + *herqŋ (“side”),[2] see эр̌ӄ (eřq).

Pronunciation

Noun

кер̌ӄ (keřq)

  1. (Amur) sea

Related terms

  • (?) кеӈ (keŋ, “whale”)
  • (?) кеӽ (keẋ, “seagull”)

See also

  • тол (tol, “body of water, sea”)

References

  1. ^ Fortescue, Michael (2016) Comparative Nivkh Dictionary, München: LINCOM, page 59
  2. ^ Robert Austerlitz (1959) Semantic components of pronoun systems: Gilyak, Word 15
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