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нян

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See also: нан, на̄н, and HRH

Central Mansi

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Pronoun

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нян (nân) (Konda)

  1. you (singular)
    Synonyms: най (naj), нан (nan), нанг (nang)

Declension

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See also

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Eastern Mansi personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person ам (am) мен (men), менг (meng) ман (man)
2nd person нанг (nang), нан (nan),
най (naj), нян (nân)
нэй (nèj) нан (nan)
3rd person тав (tav) тэн (tèn) тан (tan)

References

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  • E. A. Kuzakova (2001), “нян”, in Мансийско-русский словарь (кондинский диалект мансийского языка), По рассказу П. К. Чейметова «Ворыяп хумый» («Два охотника») [Mansi-Russian dictionary (Kondinsky dialect of the Mansi language), Based on the story by P. K. Cheymetov “Ворыяп хумый” (“Two Hunters”)]‎[1], Kondinsky district: local history museum, →ISBN, page 50

Dungan

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Etymology 1

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Cognate of Mandarin Chinese (nián)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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нян (ni͡an) (I)

  1. year

Etymology 2

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Cognate of Mandarin Chinese (niān)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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нян (ni͡an) (I)

  1. to wilt, to wizen
    • 2006, Шывазы Ясыр, Вугынцыр: Тёҗянхади зуәпин [Selected Works of Yasir Shiwazi], Bishkek: Илим, →ISBN, Last lines of the poem «Сыхур», pages 243-244:
      Нэхур тэён йүн бу луә,
      Е бу зуан сан.
      Салуә чунтян е бу гуә,
      Щян хуар бу ган.
      Быйлирди шын е бу җў,
      Бу ли хуайүан.
      Е бу шы җүн щё гўнён,
      Та йүн бу нян.
      Nehur tei͡on yün bu luə,
      I͡ə bu zuan san.
      Saluə čunti͡an i͡ə bu guə,
      Xi͡an huar bu gan.
      Bɨylirdi šɨn i͡ə bu žw,
      Bu li huayüan.
      I͡ə bu šɨ žün xi͡o gwni͡on,
      Ta yün bu ni͡an.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 3

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Cognate of Mandarin Chinese (niàn)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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нян (ni͡an) (III)

  1. to read
  2. to study

Mongolian

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Noun

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нян (njan)

  1. bacterium, bacteria; microbe, germ

Nivkh

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Pronunciation

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Numeral

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нян (ņan)

  1. (Sakhalin, cardinal numbers) one (for counting animals)
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Southern Selkup

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Regional variants of нян
Chumel dialects
Narym нян (njan)
Нян.

Etymology

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From Proto-Samoyedic *ńuənä.

Cognate with Tundra Nenets нюня (nyunya).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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нян (njan) (Narym)

  1. diver

Inflection

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Further reading

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  • I. A. Korobeynikova (2020), “нян”, in Родное слово [Native word], Tomsk: Аграф-Пресс; Вайар, →ISBN, page 85 of 240