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Ненецкая верхняя одежда: парка и совик
Nenets outerwear: parka and sovik

Author(s): Maria Konstantinovna Amelin
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Институт языкознания Российской академии наук
Keywords: Nenets; the Samoyedic languages; semantic analysis; traditional clothes; parka; tailoring peculiarities

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the semantic peculiarities and etymology of the Tundra Nenets words parka ‘parka (men’s upper fur clothes)’ and săwăk (sok, sōk) ‘men’s upper fur clothes, worn in severe frost over another piece of clothes (malitsa), sewn the way that fur is on the outer side’. The author also focuses on the differential features of clothes parka and săwăk (sok, sōk) and provides a detailed description of differences between them (involving field materials).

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 03 (10)
  • Page Range: 007-023
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Russian