nerka

From Russian не́рка (nérka) from Finnish nieriä (“arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus”).

nerka

1. Used as a specific epithet; sockeye salmon.

• Oncorhynchus nerka

Borrowed from Russian не́рка (nérka) from Finnish nieriä (“arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɜːkə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɝkə/

nerka (plural nerkas)

1. A sockeye salmon.
   • 1892, W. A. Perry, American Game Fishes, page 78:

     This Salmon was a Nerka, and was a tame fish indeed.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛr.ka/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrka
• Syllabification: ner‧ka

From nera +‎ -ka.

nerka f (diminutive nereczka, augmentative nera)

1. kidney (organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine)
2. kidney dish, emesis basin (shallow basin with a kidney-shaped base and sloping walls used in medical and surgical wards to receive soiled dressings and other medical waste)
3. fanny pack, bum bag (small fabric pouch secured with a zipper and worn at the waist by a strap around the hips)

• → Belarusian: ны́рка (nýrka)
• → Ukrainian: ни́рка (nýrka)

Borrowed from Russian не́рка (nérka).

nerka f

1. sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

• nerka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nerka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Plevačová, Hermína (1978) “K slovanským výpůjčkám narikla, nerita, nerka, nanara ap. [About the Slavic loans narikla, nerita, nerka, nanara and so on]”, in Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity. A, Řada jazykovědná‎ (in Czech), volumes A25-26, pages 87–91