няʼ

Tundra Nenets

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samoyedic *äŋ, from Proto-Uralic *aŋe (“opening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: няʼ

Noun

няʼ • (nyah)

1. mouth

Declension

Declension of няʼ (nyah) (regular)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	няʼ (nyah)	няӈгʼ (nyaŋg)	нянˮ (nyan)
genitive	нянʼ (nyan)	няӈгʼ (nyaŋg)	няӈоˮ (nyaŋoq)
accusative	ням (nyam°), нянм (nyanm°)	няӈгʼ (nyaŋg)	няӈо (nyaŋo)
allative	нянд (nyand°)	няӈгӑняʼ (nyaŋgănyah)	няӈгˮ (nyaŋg)
locative	няӈгӑна (nyaŋgăna)	няӈгӑняна (nyaŋgănyana)	няӈгӑˮна (nyaŋgăqna)
ablative	няӈгӑд (nyaŋgăd°)	няӈгӑняд (nyaŋgănyad°)	няӈгӑт (nyaŋgăt°)
prolative	нямна (nyamna)	няӈгӑнямна (nyaŋgănyamna)	няӈоˮмӑна (nyaŋoqmăna)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: няʼ

Noun

няʼ • (nyah)

1. genitive singular of ня (nya)

References

• Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 247
• N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “няʼ”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN
• Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 23