варӷ

Southern Selkup

Regional variants of *варӷ*
Chumel dialects
Narym	варӷ (warģ)
Tyuj dialects
Upper Ob	уарх (uarx)

Alternative forms

варг (warg) (rare)

Etymology

From Proto-Selkup *warqə, from Proto-Samoyedic *årkå.

Cognates include Northern Selkup вәрӄы (wərqy), Tundra Nenets ӈарка (ŋarka) and Kamassian урго (urgo).

Adjective

варӷ (warģ) (Narym)

big
- 2022, Grigorij Korotkih, Современный язык нарымских селькупов (overall work in Russian), page 24:
  Мат табэна́ндо варӷ э̄як хомбла́ пот кунд шаӄ.
  Mat tabenándo warģ ējak xomblá pot kund šaq.
  I'm five years older (lit. bigger) than her.

Further reading

I. A. Korobeynikova (2020) Родное слово [Native word], Tomsk: Аграф-Пресс; Вайар, →ISBN, page 48 of 240