nerka

See also: nerką

Translingual

Etymology

From Russian не́рка (nérka) from Finnish nieriä (“arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus”).

Noun

nerka

1. Used as a specific epithet; sockeye salmon.

Derived terms

• Oncorhynchus nerka

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian не́рка (nérka) from Finnish nieriä (“arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɜːkə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɝkə/

Noun

nerka (plural nerkas)

1. A sockeye salmon.
   • 1892, W. A. Perry, American Game Fishes, page 78:

     This Salmon was a Nerka, and was a tame fish indeed.

Anagrams

• naker, Karen, Kārēn, knare, ranke, karen, Krane, anker

Polish

nerka etymology 1 sense 1

nerka etymology 1 sense 2

nerka etymology 1 sense 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛr.ka/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrka
• Syllabification: ner‧ka

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Middle Low German nērebor.

Polish nera

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Old Polish -ka

Polish -ka

Polish nerka

From nera + -ka.

Noun

nerka f (diminutive nereczka, augmentative nera)

2. kidney (organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine)
4. kidney dish, emesis basin (shallow basin with a kidney-shaped base and sloping walls used in medical and surgical wards to receive soiled dressings and other medical waste)
6. fanny pack, bum bag (small fabric pouch secured with a zipper and worn at the waist by a strap around the hips)

Declension

Declension of nerka

	singular	plural
nominative	nerka	nerki
genitive	nerki	nerek
dative	nerce	nerkom
accusative	nerkę	nerki
instrumental	nerką	nerkami
locative	nerce	nerkach
vocative	nerko	nerki

Derived terms

nouns

• nerkówka

Descendants

• → Belarusian: ны́рка (nýrka)
• → Ukrainian: ни́рка (nýrka)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Russian не́рка (nérka)bor.

Polish nerka

Borrowed from Russian не́рка (nérka).

Noun

nerka f

1. sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

Declension

Declension of nerka

	singular	plural
nominative	nerka	nerki
genitive	nerki	nerek
dative	nerce	nerkom
accusative	nerkę	nerki
instrumental	nerką	nerkami
locative	nerce	nerkach
vocative	nerko	nerki

Further reading

• “nerka”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “nerka”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Plevačová, Hermína (1978), “K slovanským výpůjčkám narikla, nerita, nerka, nanara ap. [About the Slavic loans narikla, nerita, nerka, nanara and so on]”, in Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity. A, Řada jazykovědná‎^[3] (in Czech), volumes A25-26, pages 87–91