вач

Itelmen

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *ɣəv(ɣəv) (“stone”). Compare also Chukchi выквын (wəkwən), Koryak выввын (wəwwən), Kerek уккуӈа (ukkuŋa) and Alutor гывгыв (ɣəvɣəv).

Noun

вач (vač) (plural ваʼн)

  1. stone

References
  • Volodin, Aleksandr P. (1989) Cловарь ительменско-русский и русско-ительменский [Itelmen-Russian and Russian-Itelmen Dictionary], Leningrad: Prosveshenie, →ISBN, page 19.
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