Northern Mansi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Ugric *jomɜ (jamɜ).[1] Cognates include Eastern Khanty ем (jem) and Hungarian .

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ёмас (ëmas) (comparative ёмаснув, superlative сяр ёмас) (Sosva)

  1. good
  2. nice
  3. right

References edit

  1. ^ Entry #1760 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Further reading edit

  • Afanasʹjeva, K. V., Sobjanina, S. A. (2012) “ёмас”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ) [Mansi-Russian school dictionary], Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO