Northern Mansi edit

Alternative forms edit

  • [script needed] (mǟń)Central Mansi
  • [script needed] (miń)Southern Mansi

Etymology edit

From Proto-Uralic *mińä.[1] Cognate with Hungarian meny and Finnish miniä.

Noun edit

мань (manʹ)

  1. daughter-in-law

References edit

  1. ^ Entry #544 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Further reading edit

  • Afanasʹjeva, K. V., Sobjanina, S. A. (2012) “мань”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ) [Mansi-Russian school dictionary], Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO
  • Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán [1]

Russenorsk edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk mann with Northern Norwegian palatalization (see mainnj)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mɑɲ(ː)/ (Norwegian accent)
  • IPA(key): /manʲ/ (Russian accent)

Noun edit

мань (manʹ)

  1. a man
    Synonym: musik
    твоя нѣтъ бра мань
    tvoja nět bra manʹ
    you (are) not (a) good man

References edit

  • Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag, page 126

Tundra Nenets edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samoyedic *məntä.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [mʌnʲ(ə̥)]
  • Hyphenation: мань

Pronoun edit

мань (manʹ°)

  1. I

References edit

  • Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 309
  • N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “мань”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN