айӈани

Nanai

Alternative forms

• айӈаня (ajŋanja)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tungusic *aniganī (“year”), cognate to Evenki анӈани (anŋaņi), Evenki анӈан (anŋan), Manchu ᠠᠨᡳᠶᠠ (aniya) etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪ̯ŋanɪ/
• Hyphenation: ай‧ӈа‧ни

Noun

айӈани (ajŋani)

1. year

   айӈани таондоани ― ajŋani taondoani ― every year, annually

   айӈанива хо̄лигоми ― ajŋaniwa hōligomi ― all year round, throughout the year

   Дуин, тойӈа айӈаниду били, дава хайс мэнэ балдихамби боачи гоадондагойни. ― Duin, tojŋa ajŋanidu bili, dawa hajs mene balʒihambi boači goadondagojni. ― After four or five years, the chum salmon comes back to spawn in the places where it was born.

Derived terms

• айӈанива адами (ajŋaniwa adami, “for years, years after years”)
• айӈанипчи (ajŋanipči)
• айӈасовори (ajŋasowori, “to spend years, to stay for years somewhere”)

References

• T. I. Petrova (1960), Нанайско-русский словарь [Nanai-Russian dictionary], Leningrad: Русский язык, page 13
• S. N. Onenko (1980), V. A. Avrorina, editor, Нанайско-русский словарь [Nanai-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Издательство «Русский Язык», page 30
• S. N. Onenko (1989), V. A. Avrorina, editor, Словарь нанайско-русский и русско-нанайский словарь [Nanai-Russian and Russian-Nanai dictionary], Leningrad: Русский язык, page 9