Standard Lemma guide

Nivkh

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /nɪvk/
  • /nɪvx/
  • /ni(ː)fk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪvk
  • rhymes with -ɪvx
  • rhymes with -ifk
  • rhymes with -iːfk

1

name

Meaning 1

The language isolate spoken by the Nivkh.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Nivkh нивх (ņivx, “man”).

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Breton: Nivc'heg — language
  • Bulgarian: Нивх (Nivh) — language
  • Catalan: Nivkh — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 尼夫赫 (nífūhè) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 尼夫赫语 — language
  • Chuvash: Нивх (Nivh) — language
  • Czech: Nivchština — language
  • Dutch: Nivch — language
  • Estonian: nivhi — language
  • Finnish: nivhi — language
  • French: nivkhe — language
  • French: nivkh — language
  • Galician: nivkh — language
  • German: Niwchische — language
  • Hebrew: נִיבְחִית — language
  • Indonesian: Nivkh — language
  • Italian: nivkh — language
  • Japanese: ニヴフ語 (Nibufu-go) — language
  • Khmer: នីវ្ខ (niivkhɑɑ) — language
  • Komi-Permyak: Нивх (Ńivx) — language
  • Komi-Zyrian: Нивх (Ńivx) — language
  • Korean: 니브흐어 (nibeuheueo) — language
  • Lezgi: Нивх (Nivꭓ) — language
  • Lithuanian: Nivchių — language
  • Manchu: ᡶᡳᠶᠠᡥᠠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (fiyaha gisun) — language
  • Manchu: ᡶᡳᠶᠠᡴᠠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (fiyaka gisun) — language
  • Nivkh: нивх диф (ņivx d̦if) — language
  • Nivkh: нивх туғс (ņivx tuγs) — language
  • Norwegian: Giljakisk — language
  • Norwegian: Nivkhisk — language
  • Occitan: nivkh — language
  • Occitan: nivkhe — language
  • Polish: niwchijski — language
  • Portuguese: Nivkhe — language
  • Russian: нивхский (nivxskij) — language
  • Spanish: nivejí — language
  • Spanish: nivkh — language
  • Spanish: nivj — language
  • Spanish: nivji — language
  • Swedish: nivchiska — language
  • Ukrainian: Нівхська (Nivxsʹka) — language
  • Uzbek: нивхс (nivxs) — language
  • Veps: Nivhan — language
  • Vietnamese: Nivkh — language