NUMBER: 17
PROTO: *aŋe
MEANING: opening, hole
GERMMEAN: Öffnung, Einschnitt, Vertiefung
SAA: vuoŋȃs -gŋ- 'halter or band on the muzzle of a dog, to prevent it from biting reindeer' (N), vuoŋasti- '(einen Hund) mit Maulkorb versehen' (L)
MRD: on-kśt́, oj-kst (E), ov-ks (M) 'Gebiß am Zaum'
MAR: äŋ 'Mündung' (KB), aŋ 'Öffnung des Sacks' (PS)
UDM: i̮m (S), ǝ̑m (K), ị̑m (G) 'Mund, Öffnung, Mündung'
KOM: vom (S), ve̮m (Ud.), e̮m (P) 'Mund, Mündung', u̇m (PO) 'Mund'
KHN: ŏŋ (V), oŋ (DN), uŋ (O) 'Mund, Mündung'
UGR: aj, áj (dial.) 'Kerbe; Tal, Schlucht', ajak 'Lippe'
NEN: ńaʔ (O), ńāŋʔ (Nj.) 'Mund'
ENC: êʔ (gen. eoʔ) (Ch.), naʔ (gen. nâʔ) (B)
NGA: ŋâŋ
SLK: oang (Ta.), aang, ā́ng (Ke.), āq (Ty.) 'Flußmündung', åq (Tur.)
KAM: aŋ
JANH: (106) *аŋi6
SAMM2: *аŋi6
ADD: Koib. an, Mot. ag-ma, Karag. ен-де; Taig. äŋ-de
RESHET: The appearance of *ä- in Samoyed *äŋ in the place of Ur. *a (or *ō?) is probably due to a contamination with *äŋǝ- 'chin' (< *Ur. *äŋ/e/, see 44). It is also possible that we deal with a purely phonetical phenomenon - indeed, such development is observed in some cases (see, for instance, URAET 19; cf. also Janhunen 1981, 255-256), but a satisfactory explanation for it is still to be found.
LIT: FUV; КЭСКЯ; MUSz. 721, 723; EtSz.; SzófSz.; MSzFgrE; TESz.; Paas. Beitr. 27; Stein. Fgr.Vok. 45
