ненэцьʼ

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Tundra Nenets

Etymology

Related to Forest Enets э́нчи (person).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: не‧нэцьʼ

Noun

ненэцьʼ (nyenecʹ)

  1. human
  2. man
  3. husband

Usage notes

  • People of Nenets ethnicity are simply called ненэцьʼ (literally "human"). Compare dialectal хасава (xasawa).

Declension

Declension of ненэцьʼ (nyenecʹ) (regular)
singular dual plural
nominative ненэцьʼ (nyenecʹ) ненэця̆ӈгʼ (nyenecyăŋg) ненэця̆ˮ (nyenecyăq)
genitive ненэцьʼ (nyenecʹ) ненэця̆ӈгʼ (nyenecyăŋg) ненэцеˮ (nyenecyeq)
accusative ненэця̆м (nyenecyăm°) ненэця̆ӈгʼ (nyenecyăŋg) ненэце (nyenecye)
allative ненэця̆нд (nyenecyănd°) ненэцяӈгӑняʼ (nyenecyaŋgănyah) ненэця̆ӈгˮ (nyenecyăŋg)
locative ненэцяӈгӑна (nyenecyaŋgăna) ненэцяӈгӑняна (nyenecyaŋgănyana) ненэцяӈгӑˮна (nyenecyaŋgăqna)
ablative ненэцяӈгӑд (nyenecyaŋgăd°) ненэцяӈгӑняд (nyenecyaŋgănyad°) ненэцяӈгӑт (nyenecyaŋgăt°)
prolative ненэця̆мна (nyenecyămna) ненэцяӈгӑнямна (nyenecyaŋgănyamna) ненэцеˮмӑна (nyenecyeqmăna)

Descendants

  • Russian: не́нец (nénec) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 151
  • N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “ненэцьʼ”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN