низаня
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Erzya[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The first component низ- (ńiz-) may be from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *nisɜ (“woman, wife”). Compare Proto-Samic *nisōn (“woman”).
The second component -аня (-ańa) possibly from Proto-Uralic *ańa (“wife of an older male relative; mother”) and related to Hungarian anya (“mother”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
низаня • (ńizańa)
- mother-in-law (wife's mother)
- 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 24:
- I samsto Jisus Petreń kudozonzo nejeź, nizańazo sońze madeź eś ormaso
- When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever
Declension[edit]
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References[edit]
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “низаня”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN