нян

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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”)]‎, Kondinsky district: local history museum, →ISBN, page 50

Dungan

Etymology

Cognate of Mandarin Chinese (nián)

Pronunciation

Noun

нян (ni͡an) (I)

  1. year

Mongolian

Noun

нян (njan)

  1. bacterium, bacteria; microbe, germ

Nivkh

Pronunciation

Numeral

нян (ņan)

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

Southern Selkup

Regional variants of нян
Chumel dialects
Narym нян (njan)
Нян.

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *ńuənä.

Cognate with Tundra Nenets нюня (nyunya).

Pronunciation

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Noun

нян (njan) (Narym)

  1. diver

Inflection

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Further reading

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