та̄н

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tan"

Northern Mansi

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

тан (tan)

Pronoun

та̄н (tān) (Sosva)

1. they

Declension

Declension of та̄н
nominative	тан (tān) (tan (tān))
accusative	тананыл (tānanəl) (tananyl (tānanəl))
dative	тананылн (tānanəln) (tananyln (tānanəln))
ablative	тананылныл (tānanəlnəl) (tananylnyl (tānanəlnəl))
comitative-instrumental	тананылтыл (tānanəltəl) (tananyltyl (tānanəltəl))

Derived terms

• танки (tanki) ~ танкäнл (tankäln)

See also

Northern Mansi personal pronouns
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	ам (am)	ме̄н (mēn)	ма̄н (mān)
2nd person	наӈ (naň)	нэ̄н (nè̄n)	на̄н (nān)
3rd person	тав (taw)	тэ̄н (tè̄n)	та̄н (tān)

References

• Susanna S. Virtanen, Csilla Horváth, Tamara Merova (2021) Pohjoismansin peruskurssin (5 op) [Northern Mansi basic course] (POHJOISMANSIN PERUSKURSSI)‎^[1], Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto, page 15
• Mansi dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán [2]
• A.N.Balandin (1960) A. V. Almazova, editor, Самоучитель мансийского языка [Mansi self-teaching book], Leningrad: Государственное учебно-педагогическое издательство министерства просвещения РСФСР, ленинградское отделение, pages 90-91

Etymology 2

From Proto-Uralic *sëne (“sinew”). Cognates include Hungarian ín, Finnish suoni, Estonian soon, Central Mansi [script needed] (tø̄n) and Southern Mansi [script needed] (tǟn).

Noun

та̄н (tān)

1. sinew
2. vein
3. string

References

• Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán [3]
• “та̄н”, in Northern Mansi-Hungarian dictionary, Tromsø: University of Tromsø, 2023