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menk

menk noun: an animal described by the Mansi as a "forest giant", with anatomical features similar to a yeti, said to live in the area of Khantia-Mansia, Russia.

Noun

menk (uncountable)

  1. (Russia) An animal described by the Mansi as a "forest giant", with anatomical features similar to a yeti, said to live in the area of Khantia-Mansia, Russia.
    • This figure is called menk in Ob-Ugrian folklore and ritual.1996, Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia, page 79
    • Although doors were jammed shut, the menk burst in with huge birch masks covered with hair made of hay.1999, Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, The Tenacity of Ethnicity: A Siberian Saga in Global Perspective
    Synonyms:
    yeti, Russian yeti

Proper noun capitalized: Menk

Menk (plural Menks)

  1. A surname from German.

Synonyms of menk

Forms of menk

pluralMenks

Origin of menk

Borrowed from Mansi (compare Northern Mansi менкв (menkv)).

Borrowed from German Menk.

Questions about menk

What does menk mean?
Menk means an animal described by the Mansi as a "forest giant", with anatomical features similar to a yeti, said to live in the area of Khantia-Mansia, Russia.
What part of speech is menk?
Menk can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near menk in the dictionary

  1. menispermine
  2. menitrazepam
  3. meniver
  4. Menjivar
  5. Menjivars
  6. menk
  7. Menkalinan
  8. Menkar
  9. Menke
  10. Menken
  11. Menkens

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