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

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Cognate of Mandarin Chinese (nián)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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нян (ni͡an) (I)

  1. year

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