урк

Nivkh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /urk/

Noun

урк (urk)

  1. (Amur) night

Synonyms

Nivkh dialectal forms of ышк (əšk, evening; night)
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GroupLocationWords
Southern SakhalinPoronaysk
Eastern SakhalinChaivoышк (əšk) (ɯʃk)
Nyivoышк (əšk) (ɯʃk)
Nogliki
Chir-unvdышк (əšk) (ɯʃk)
Northern SakhalinKuegdaушк (ušk) (uʃk)
Ten’giушк (ušk) (uʃk), ур̌к (uřk) (uřk)
Tyk
Trambausышк (əšk) (ɯʃk), парɸ (parɸ) (parɸ)
AmurMen’shikovaур̌к (uřk) (uřk)
Machlavoур̌к (uřk) (uřk), урк (urk) (urk)
Chomiурк (urk) (urk)
Kol’-Nikol’skпаф (paf) (paf), уурк (uurk) (uːrk)
Novo-Troitskoe
This table shows various dialectal forms in the Nivkh language. The classification is based on major dialectal groups.

Yagnobi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *wŕ̥kah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥kas, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Cognate with Zazaki verg.

Noun

урк (urk)

  1. wolf