Tundra Nenets

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Etymology

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Related to Forest Enets э́нчи (person).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nʲenæt͡sʲˀ]
  • Hyphenation: не‧нэцьʼ

Noun

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ненэцьʼ (nyenecʹ)

  1. human
  2. man
  3. husband

Usage notes

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  • People of Nenets ethnicity are simply called ненэцьʼ (literally "human"). Compare dialectal хасава (xasawa).

Declension

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Declension of ненэцьʼ (nyenecʹ) (regular)
singular dual plural
nominative ненэцьʼ (nyenecʹ) ненэця̆ӈгʼ (nyenecyăŋg) ненэця̆ˮ (nyenecyăq)
genitive ненэцьʼ (nyenecʹ) ненэця̆ӈгʼ (nyenecyăŋg) ненэцеˮ (nyenecyeq)
accusative ненэця̆м (nyenecyăm°) ненэця̆ӈгʼ (nyenecyăŋg) ненэце (nyenecye)
allative ненэця̆нд (nyenecyănd°) ненэцяӈгӑняʼ (nyenecyaŋgănyah) ненэця̆ӈгˮ (nyenecyăŋg)
locative ненэцяӈгӑна (nyenecyaŋgăna) ненэцяӈгӑняна (nyenecyaŋgănyana) ненэцяӈгӑˮна (nyenecyaŋgăqna)
ablative ненэцяӈгӑд (nyenecyaŋgăd°) ненэцяӈгӑняд (nyenecyaŋgănyad°) ненэцяӈгӑт (nyenecyaŋgăt°)
prolative ненэця̆мна (nyenecyămna) ненэцяӈгӑнямна (nyenecyaŋgănyamna) ненэцеˮмӑна (nyenecyeqmăna)

Descendants

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  • Russian: не́нец (nénec) (see there for further descendants)

References

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  • Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 151
  • N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “ненэцьʼ”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN