яныг

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Northern Mansi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Uralic *enä.

Pronunciation

Adjective

яныг (ânyg) (comparative яныгнув, superlative сяр яныг)

  1. big, large
    Тав яныг кӯтювыл о̄лы.Tav ânyg kūtûvyl ōly.He lives with a big dog.
  2. great
  3. senior, eldest
  4. chief, leading, main

References

  • Afanasʹjeva, K. V., Sobjanina, S. A. (2012) “яныг”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ [Mansi-Russian school dictionary], Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO
  • яныг”, in Northern Mansi-Hungarian dictionary, Tromsø: University of Tromsø, 2023
  • Elena Skribnik, editor (2016), Ob-Ugric Database: analysed text corpora and dictionaries for less described Ob-Ugric dialects, University of Munich