menk

noun 1name 1

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ADJ.

shut

VERB + MENK

called, figure, jammed

MENK + NOUN

folklore, ob-ugrian, russian

PREP.

in, with

Definitions

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.

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.

name

A surname from German.

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

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

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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

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