niren

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See also: nírén and nǐrén

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Mandarin 女人.

Pronunciation

Noun

niren

  1. woman
    Synonym: nixhe
    Coordinate term: waren (man)
  2. wife
    Coordinate term: nixi (husband)
    da niren-men mu hai-la ra cek-de-ge ra da ha ra cek-lio ze-li.
    Then, as for wives, as for taking a wife, took Chinese as well.
    (Quoted in Sandman, p. 193)
  3. girlfriend
    gu da gejhai-de niren-ha gga-la-di mi-li.
    He doesn't like his girlfriend anymore.
    (Quoted in Sandman, p. 94)

References

  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN