ӿивс

Nivkh

Regional variants of ӿивс
Sakhalin dialects
East Sakhalin ӿивс
Amur dialects
Lower Amur ӿифс

Etymology

ӿиф (hif, “birchbark”) +‎ -с (-s).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hivs/

Noun

ӿивс (hivs) (East Sakhalin)

  1. birch

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • L. B. Gashilova (2003), Картинный словарь нивхского языка [Picture Dictionary of the Nivkh Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: «Просвещение» Ленинградское отделение, published 2003, →ISBN, page 86.
  • Č. M. Taksami (1983), Словарь нивхско-русский и русско-нивхский [Nivkh-Russian and Russian-Nivkh Dictionary] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Saint Petersburg: «Просвещение» Ленинградское отделение, published 1996, →ISBN, page 141.
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