Northern Mansi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mansi *nī, from Proto-Uralic *niŋä. Cognate with Hungarian , Erzya ни (ńi, wife).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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нэ̄ (nè̄)

  1. woman
    Coordinate term: о̄йка (ōjka)

Declension

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Inflection of нэ̄ (nè̄)
singular dual plural
nominative нэ̄ (nè̄) нэ̄г (nè̄g) нэ̄т (nè̄t)
locative нэ̄т (nè̄t) нэ̄гт (nè̄gt) нэ̄тт (nè̄tt)
lative нэ̄н (nè̄n) нэ̄гн (nè̄gn) нэ̄тн (nè̄tn)
ablative нэ̄ныл (nè̄nyl) нэ̄гныл (nè̄gnyl) нэ̄тныл (nè̄tnyl)
instrumental нэ̄л (nè̄l) нэ̄гтыл (nè̄gtyl) нэ̄тыл (nè̄tyl)
translative нэ̄г (nè̄g) ―― ――
Possessive forms of нэ̄ (nè̄)
possessor single possession double possession multiple possession
1st person sing. нэ̄м (nè̄m) нэ̄гум (nè̄gum) нэ̄нум (nè̄num)
2nd person sing. нэ̄н (nè̄n) нэ̄гын (nè̄gyn) нэ̄н (nè̄n)
3rd person sing. нэ̄тэ (nè̄tè) нэ̄ге (nè̄ge) нэ̄нэ (nè̄nè)
1st person dual нэ̄ме̄н (nè̄mēn) нэ̄гаме̄н (nè̄gamēn) нэ̄наме̄н (nè̄namēn)
2nd person dual нэ̄н (nè̄n) нэ̄гы̄н (nè̄gȳn) нэ̄ны̄н (nè̄nȳn)
3rd person dual нэ̄тэ̄н (nè̄tè̄n) нэ̄ге̄н (nè̄gēn) нэ̄нэ̄н (nè̄nè̄n)
1st person plural нэ̄в (nè̄w) нэ̄гув (nè̄guw) нэ̄нув (nè̄nuw)
2nd person plural нэ̄н (nè̄n) нэ̄гы̄н (nè̄gȳn) нэ̄ны̄н (nè̄nȳn)
3rd person plural нэ̄ныл (nè̄nyl) нэ̄ганыл (nè̄ganyl) нэ̄наныл (nè̄nanyl)

References

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  • Afanasʹjeva, K. V., Sobjanina, S. A. (2012) “нэ̄”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ) [Mansi-Russian school dictionary], Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO
  • Elena Skribnik, editor (2016), Ob-Ugric Database: analysed text corpora and dictionaries for less described Ob-Ugric dialects[1], University of Munich
  • Entry #598 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.