Nentsi
ɛts noun, plural Nen·tsi, Nen·tsy 
[nent-see] . ( especially collectively ) Nen·ets.
[nent-see] . ( especially collectively ) Nen·ets. 1.
a member of a reindeer-herding Uralic people of far northern European Russia and adjacent areas of Siberia as far as the Yenisei River delta.
2.
the Samoyedic language of the Nenets.
Also called Yurak.
Origin:
< Russian nénets (with -ets falsely construed as the Russian suffix) < Nenets ńēnetś man, Nenets
< Russian nénets (with -ets falsely construed as the Russian suffix) < Nenets ńēnetś man, Nenets
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| nenets | |
noun | |
| a Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed of northern Siberia |
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| nentsi | |
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| a Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed of northern Siberia [syn: Nenets] |
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