бурундук

Russian

бурундук

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing, to be compared with Tatar борындык (borındıq, chipmunk) or, less likely, a reshaping of Eastern Mari у́рымдо (úrəmdo, chipmunk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʊrʊnˈduk]

Noun

бурунду́к (burundúk) m anim (genitive бурундука́, nominative plural бурундуки́, genitive plural бурундуко́в)

  1. chipmunk

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), бурундук”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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