Reconstruction:Proto-Mansi/ńī̮l
Proto-Mansi
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *ńële.
Noun
*ńī̮l
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ńī̮l | *ńī̮lɣ | *ńī̮lt |
| accusative | *ńī̮lmī | *- | *- |
| lative-dative | *ńī̮lnä | *- | *- |
| locative | *ńī̮ltǟ | *- | *- |
| ablative | *ńī̮lnǟl | *- | *- |
| instrumental | *ńī̮ll / *ńī̮ltɜl | *- | *- |
| comitative | *ńī̮lnǟt | *- | *- |
| translative | *ńī̮lɣ | *- | *- |
Notes: The Proto-Mansi declension system is not yet reconstructed in detail.
What is presented here is only one possibility. (Honti)
Descendants
- Northern Mansi: ня̄л (nâ̄l) (Sosva, Upper Lozva)
- Eastern Mansi: ньыл (nʹyl) (Konda), ниль (nilʹ) (Upper Konda), ня̄л (nâ̄l) (Yukonda)
References
- Zhivlov, Mikhail. 2014. "Studies in Uralic vocalism III". In Journal of Language Relationship 12, pp. 113–148.