Meaning of menk | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname from German.
2. 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.
   Russia, uncountable

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Examples

“This figure is called menk in Ob-Ugrian folklore and ritual.”

“Although doors were jammed shut, the menk burst in with huge birch masks covered with hair made of hay.”

“A new documentary, “Russian Yeti: The Killer Lives” airing June 1 on the Discovery Channel explores the remote possibility that a “menk” — the Russian^([sic – meaning Mansi]) word for Yeti — may have been responsible.”

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