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Central Mansi
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Pronoun
най (naj) (Konda)
- you (singular)
- Synonyms: нан (nan), нян (nân), нанг (nang)
Declension
This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
See also
| Eastern Mansi personal pronouns
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| 1st person
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ам (am)
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мен (men), менг (meng)
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ман (man)
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| 2nd person
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нанг (nang), нан (nan), най (naj), нян (nân)
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нэй (nèj)
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нан (nan)
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| 3rd person
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тав (taw)
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тэн (tèn)
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тан (tan)
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References
- E. A. Kuzakova (2001) “най”, 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”)], Kondinsky district: local history museum, →ISBN, page 50
Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *naï, only preserved in Mongolian and Kalmyk нә (nä, “hope, trust”), elsewhere only surviving through its derivatives.
Pronunciation
Noun
най • (naj) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠠᠢ (nai))
- friendship, trust
Derived terms
Nanai
Etymology
From Proto-Tungusic *ńārī, compare Even няри (ņari), Manchu ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ (niyalma), Udihe нӣ.
Noun
най (naj)
- man, person
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *najь, a contraction of *ne xaji (“do not touch”). Compare неха́й (nexáj).
Particle
най • (naj)
- may, let (expressing a wish)
- Synonyms: хай (xaj), неха́й (nexáj)
- Най щасти́ть! ― Naj ščastýtʹ! ― Good luck! (literally, “May one get lucky!”)
Conjunction
най • (naj)
- so that, in order that, in order to
- Synonyms: щоб (ščob), що́би (ščóby), аби́ (abý)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Romanian nai.
Noun
най • (naj) m inan (genitive на́ю, nominative plural на́ї, genitive plural на́їв)
- (music) nai (flute)
Declension
Declension of най (inan j-stem masc-form accent-a)
References