айӈани

Nanai

Alternative forms

  • айӈаня (ajŋanja)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tungusic *aniganī (“year”), cognate to Evenki анӈани (anŋaņi), Evenki анӈан (anŋan), Manchu ᠠᠨᡳᠶᠠ (aniya) etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɪ̯ŋanɪ/
  • Hyphenation: ай‧ӈа‧ни

Noun

айӈани (ajŋani)

  1. year
    айӈани таондоани ― ajŋani taondoani ― every year, annually
    айӈанива хо̄лигоми ― ajŋaniwa hōligomi ― all year round, throughout the year
    Дуин, тойӈа айӈаниду били, дава хайс мэнэ балдихамби боачи гоадондагойни. ― Duin, tojŋa ajŋanidu bili, dawa hajs mene balʒihambi boači goadondagojni. ― After four or five years, the chum salmon comes back to spawn in the places where it was born.

Derived terms

  • айӈанива адами (ajŋaniwa adami, “for years, years after years”)
  • айӈанипчи (ajŋanipči)
  • айӈасовори (ajŋasowori, “to spend years, to stay for years somewhere”)

References

  • T. I. Petrova (1960) Нанайско-русский словарь [Nanai-Russian dictionary], Leningrad: Русский язык, page 13
  • S. N. Onenko (1980) V. A. Avrorina, editor, Нанайско-русский словарь [Nanai-Russian dictionary], Русский язык, page 30
  • S. N. Onenko (1989) V. A. Avrorina, editor, Словарь нанайско-русский и русско-нанайский словарь [Nanai-Russian and Russian-Nanai dictionary], Leningrad: Русский язык, page 9
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