"Nivkh" meaning in English

See Nivkh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /nɪvk/, /nɪvx/, /ni(ː)fk/
Rhymes: -ɪvk, -ɪvx, -ifk, -iːfk Etymology: From Nivkh нивх (nivx, “man”). Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|niv|нивх||man}} Nivkh нивх (nivx, “man”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Nivkh
  1. The language isolate spoken by the Nivkh. Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms: Gilyak, Amuric Translations (language): Nivc'heg (Breton), Нивх (Nivh) (Bulgarian), Nivkh (Catalan), 尼夫赫 (nífūhè) (Chinese Mandarin), 尼夫赫语 (Chinese Mandarin), Нивх (Nivh) (Chuvash), Nivchština (Czech), Nivch (Dutch), nivhi (Estonian), nivhi (Finnish), nivkhe [masculine] (French), nivkh [masculine] (French), nivkh (Galician), Niwchische (German), ⁧נִיבְחִית⁩ (Hebrew), Nivkh (Indonesian), nivkh (Italian), ニヴフ語 (Nibufu-go) (alt: ニヴフご) (Japanese), នីវ្ខ (niivkhɑɑ) (Khmer), Нивх (Ńivx) (Komi-Permyak), Нивх (Ńivx) (Komi-Zyrian), 니브흐어 (nibeuheueo) (Korean), Нивх (Nivχ) (Lezgi), Nivchių (Lithuanian), ᡶᡳᠶᠠᡥᠠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (fiyaha gisun) (Manchu), нивх диф (nivx dif) (Nivkh), нивх туғс (nivx tuꜧs) (Nivkh), Giljakisk (Norwegian), Nivkhisk (Norwegian), nivkh [masculine] (Occitan), nivkhe [masculine] (Occitan), niwchijski (Polish), Nivkhe (Portuguese), нивхский (nivxskij) (Russian), nivejí (Spanish), nivkh (Spanish), nivj (Spanish), nivji (Spanish), nivchiska (Swedish), Нівхська (Nivxsʹka) (Ukrainian), нивхс (nivxs) (Uzbek), Nivhan (Veps), Nivkh (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Nivkh-en-name-XtHWQ5Rz Disambiguation of Languages: 83 17

Noun

IPA: /nɪvk/, /nɪvx/, /ni(ː)fk/ Forms: Nivkhs [plural], Nivkh [plural], Nivkhi [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪvk, -ɪvx, -ifk, -iːfk Etymology: From Nivkh нивх (nivx, “man”). Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|niv|нивх||man}} Nivkh нивх (nivx, “man”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Nivkh|Nivkhi}} Nivkh (plural Nivkhs or Nivkh or Nivkhi)
  1. A member of an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the northern half of Sakhalin Island and the region of the Amur River estuary in Russia's Khabarovsk Krai, Also distributed in Japan's Hokkaido. Synonyms: Gilyak [dated]
    Sense id: en-Nivkh-en-noun-VIIOXX4c

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Norwegian",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
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      "roman": "fiyaha gisun",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "ᡶᡳᠶᠠᡥᠠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "niv",
      "lang": "Nivkh",
      "roman": "nivx dif",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "нивх диф"
    },
    {
      "code": "niv",
      "lang": "Nivkh",
      "roman": "nivx tuꜧs",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "нивх туғс"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "Giljakisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "Nivkhisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nivkh"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nivkhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "niwchijski"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "Nivkhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nivxskij",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "нивхский"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "nivejí"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "nivkh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "nivj"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "nivji"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "nivchiska"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Nivxsʹka",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "Нівхська"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "roman": "nivxs",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "нивхс"
    },
    {
      "code": "vep",
      "lang": "Veps",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "Nivhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "Nivkh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Nivkh"
}

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