ньымыртка

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yumurtka. Compare to Azerbaijani yumurta, Turkish yumurta, Shor нубуртқа, Khakas нымырха (nımırxa), Chulym чумуртқа, Tuvan чуурга (çuurga), Kyrgyz жумуртка (jumurtka), etc.

Noun

ньымыртка • (nʹïmïrtka)

  1. (zoology) egg

References

N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “ньымыртка”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN

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