нян

See also: нан, на̄н, and HRH

Central Mansi

Pronoun

нян (nân) (Konda)

  1. you (singular)
    Synonyms: най (naj), нан (nan), нанг (nang)

Declension

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

Eastern Mansi personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person ам (am) мен (men), менг (meng) ман (man)
2nd person нанг (nang), нан (nan),
най (naj), нян (nân) 		нэй (nèj) нан (nan)
3rd person тав (tav) тэн (tèn) тан (tan)

References

  • E. A. Kuzakova (2001) “нян”, in Мансийско-русский словарь (кондинский диалект мансийского языка), По рассказу П. К. Чейметова «Ворыяп хумый» («Два охотника») [Mansi-Russian dictionary (Kondinsky dialect of the Mansi language), Based on the story by P. K. Cheymetov “Ворыяп хумый” (“Two Hunters”)]‎[1], Kondinsky district: local history museum, →ISBN, page 50

Dungan

Etymology

Cognate of Mandarin Chinese 年 (nián)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niæ̃²⁴/

Noun

нян • (ni͡an) (I)

  1. year

Mongolian

Noun

нян • (njan)

  1. bacterium, bacteria; microbe, germ

Nivkh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲan/

Numeral

нян (ņan)

  1. (Sakhalin, cardinal numbers) one (for counting animals)

Southern Selkup

Regional variants of нян
Chumel dialects
Narym нян (njan)

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *ńuənä.

Cognate with Tundra Nenets нюня (nyunya).

Pronunciation

Noun

нян (njan) (Narym)

  1. diver

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • I. A. Korobeynikova (2020) “нян”, in Родное слово [Native word], Tomsk: Аграф-Пресс; Вайар, →ISBN, page 85 of 240
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