хуюн

Nanai

Nanai numbers (edit)
90
[a], [b] ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: хуюн (hujun)
    Ordinal: хуюэ (hujue), хуюэчиэ (hujuečie)
    Adverbial: хуюн модан (hujun modan)
    Collective: хуюни (hujuni)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tungusic *xüyegün. Cognate with Evenki егин (jegin), Even уюн (ujun), Manchu ᡠᠶᡠᠨ (uyun), Oroqen yəyin, Negidal ийэғин (ijəɣin) and Solon yeging etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hujũ/
  • Hyphenation: ху‧юн

Numeral

хуюн (hujun)

  1. nine

Derived terms

  • хую̄н (hujūn, by nine)
  • хуюйӈгу (hujujŋgu, ninety)
  • хуюн минган (hujun miŋan, nine thousand)
  • хуюн таӈго (hujun taŋgo, nine hundred)
  • хуюндиэри (hujunʒieri, nine of us)
  • хуюргун (hujurgun, a unit of measurement equal to the width of nine folded fingers)
  • хуюрӯкэ̄н (hujurūkēn, only nine of us)

References

  • T. I. Petrova (1960) Нанайско-русский словарь [Nanai-Russian dictionary], Leningrad: Русский язык, page 150
  • S. N. Onenko (1980) V. A. Avrorina, editor, Нанайско-русский словарь [Nanai-Russian dictionary], Русский язык, page 485
  • 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 127