The main ways of nomination of Komi-Permyak insects

The article is devoted to the ways of nomination of Komi-Permyak insects. Initial nomination names and second nomination names of the insects were synchronously examined. Motivation signs that became determinative in the insects’ names were subjected to an astute analysis: 1) colour that prevails in the insect’s appearance; 2) areal and reproduction location; 3) insect’s characteristics; 4) insect’s external characteristics; 5) insect’s specific sounds. It is deducted that the nomination motivation is primarily determined by the insect’s external characteristics noticed by a man. The research is based on the lexical data not fixed in lexicographic sources of the Komi-Permyak language.