Change viewing parameters
Select another database
Eskimo etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Eskimo: *ńar(ǝ)va-
Meaning: lake
Russian meaning: озеро
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 214
esqet-prnum,esqet-meaning,esqet-rmean,esqet-yup,esqet-inup,esqet-refer,
Search within this database
Yupik etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Yupik: *ńárǝva-, *ńanva-
Meaning: lake
Russian Meaning: озеро
Sirenik: jájvǝχ
Chaplino: nājvaq (t)
Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik: nanwaq
Central Alaskan Yupik: nanvaq
Nunivak (Peripheral): nannuvạq*
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 214
yupet-prnum,yupet-mean,yupet-rmean,yupet-sir,yupet-chap,yupet-aay,yupet-cay,yupet-nun,yupet-ced,
Search within this database
Inupik etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Inupik: *nạrvą-
Meaning: lake
Russian meaning: озеро
Seward Peninsula Inupik: navraq
SPI Dialects: Imaq návraq* 'lake, lagoon', W na(z)ʁvąq* (āk, ēt)
North Alaskan Inupik: narvaq
NAI Dialects: B, Ingl naʁvąq*
WCI Dialects: M naʒvąq*, Cop nalvaq, Sig najvaq
ECI Dialects: Lab nachvak* [Jen.]
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 214
inupet-prnum,inupet-meaning,inupet-rmean,inupet-spi,inupet-spis,inupet-nai,inupet-nais,inupet-wcis,inupet-ecis,inupet-ced,
Search within this database
Nostratic etymology :
Search within this database
Eurasiatic: *ńVjrV
Meaning: flow
Uralic: Finn. nira 'Bach' (Dolg.: Ur. *ń[i]ra 'stream, liquid')
Comments: Cf. *ńorV.
References: ОСНЯ 2, 89 (should be probably kept different from the preceding root); МССНЯ 369; ND 1615 *ńaRu 'swamp' (Alt. + Ur. from *ńorV); 1622 *ńihr[a] 'to stream, a stream, liquid' (Ur. + Drav.). nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-drav,nostret-esk,nostret-notes,nostret-reference,
Search within this database
Altaic etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Altaic: *najV(rV)
Meaning: lake, river
Russian meaning: озеро, река
Comments: Should be kept apart from *ni̯úŕe, despite ОСHЯ 2, 89. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-reference,
Search within this database
Mongolian etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Mongolian: *naɣur
Meaning: lake
Russian meaning: озеро
Written Mongolian: naɣur (L 558) Middle Mongolian: na'ur (HY 2, SH), nāwor 'sea' (IM), nāwur (Lig.VMI) Khalkha: nūr
Buriat: nūr
Kalmuck: nūr
Ordos: nūr
Monguor: nūr (SM 290), (MGCD nōr) monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-mmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,monget-kal,monget-ord,monget-dag,monget-mgr,monget-reference,
Search within this database
Tungus etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *niāru
Meaning: 1 lake 2 swamp
Russian meaning: 1 озеро 2 болото
Evenki: ńārut 1
Even: ńarụqaɣ 2
Literary Manchu: ńari 2
Nanai: nịarõ 2
Udighe: ńau 2
tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-man,tunget-nan,tunget-ude,tunget-reference,
Search within this database
Korean etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Korean: *nāih
Meaning: river
Russian meaning: река
Modern Korean: nǟ
Middle Korean: nāi (nāih-)
koret-prnum,koret-meaning,koret-rusmean,koret-phn,koret-ako,koret-reference,
Search within this database
Dravidian etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Dravidian : *ńīr-
Meaning : water
Proto-South Dravidian: *nīr Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ńīr dravet-meaning,dravet-prnum,dravet-sdr,dravet-tel,dravet-koga,dravet-gnd,dravet-bra,
Search within this database
South Dravidian etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-South Dravidian : *nīr
Meaning : water
Tamil : nīr
Tamil meaning : water, sea, juice, liquor, urine, dampness, moisture; nature, disposition, state, condition
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to become thin or watery (as liquid food in cooking), be wet, moist; nīrmai property of water, as coolness; nīr nāy otter
Malayalam : nīr
Malayalam meaning : water, juice, moisture
Malayalam derivates : nīr nāy otter
Kannada : nīr, nīru
Kannada meaning : water
Kannada derivates : (Gul.) nīrki thirst; nīru nāyi otter
Kodagu : nīrɨ
Kodagu meaning : water
Tulu : nīrụ
Tulu meaning : water
Tulu derivates : nīrụ nāyi otter
Number in DED : 3690
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-tamder,sdret-mal,sdret-malmean,sdret-malder,sdret-kan,sdret-kanmean,sdret-kander,sdret-kod,sdret-kodmean,sdret-tul,sdret-tulmean,sdret-tulder,sdret-kt,sdret-dednum,
Search within this database
Nilgiri etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Nilgiri : *nīr
Meaning : water
Kota : nīr "water, semen"
Toda : nīr
Additional forms : Also Toda nīxoy- (nīxos-) to be thirsty (see 4455); nī pāw watering-place in stream
Number in DED : 3690
ktet-meaning,ktet-prnum,ktet-kota,ktet-toda,ktet-addition,ktet-dednum,
Search within this database
Telugu etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Telugu : *nīr-
Meaning : water, urine
Telugu : nīru
Additional forms : Also nīḷḷu (pl.) water; īmiri moisture
Number in DED : 3690
telet-meaning,telet-prnum,telet-tel_1,telet-addition,telet-dednum,
Search within this database
Kolami-Gadba etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ńīr
Meaning : water
Kolami : īr
Naikri : īr
Naiki : īr
Parji : nīr "water, general appearance, character"
Ollari Gadba : nīr
Salur Gadba : nīr
Additional forms : Also Naiki īr kak- to bathe; Parji nīr netta, Salur (P) nīr nete otter
Number in DED : 3690
kogaet-meaning,kogaet-prnum,kogaet-kolami,kogaet-naikri,kogaet-naiki,kogaet-parji,kogaet-ollari,kogaet-salur,kogaet-addition,kogaet-dednum,
Search within this database
Gondwan etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nīr
Meaning : wet (?)
gndet-meaning,gndet-prnum,gndet-kon,
Search within this database
Konda etymology :
Search within this database
Konda : nīr masu
Meaning: mist, dew
Number in DED : 3690
konet-meaning,konet-prnum,konet-dednum,
Search within this database
Brahui etymology :
Search within this database
Brahui : dīr
Meaning : water, flood-water, juice, sap
Number in DED : 3690
braet-meaning,braet-prnum,braet-dednum,
Search within this database
Long-range etymologies :
Search within this database
Borean (approx.) : NVRV
Meaning : flow
Reference : ND 1619, 1622 (hard to distinguish in SH). globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-afas,globet-reference,
Search within this database
Afroasiatic etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nihar-
Meaning: flow
afaset-meaning,afaset-prnum,afaset-sem,afaset-ech,
Search within this database
Semitic etymology :
Search within this database
Number: 1836
Proto-Semitic: *nVhar-
Meaning: 'flow'
Arabic: nhr [-a-]
Notes: Related to *nahar- 'river': Akk nāru, Ug nhr, Hbr nāhār, Aram nahrā, Arab nahr-.
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-ara,semet-notes,
Search within this database
East Chadic etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-EChadic: *nyar- < *niHar-
Meaning: flow slowly
Mokilko: nyèr-nyírè [JMkk]
echet-prnum,echet-meaning,echet-mkk,
Search within this database
Select another database
Change viewing parameters
Total pages generated | Pages generated by this script | 517103 | 3222823 |
| Help
|
StarLing database server | Powered by | CGI scripts | Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin | ![](/images/harbour-button.gif) | Copyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov |
|