ма̄нь

Northern Mansi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmaːnʲ]
  • Hyphenation: ма̄нь
  • Rhymes: -aːnʲ

Adjective

ма̄нь (mānʹ) (comparative ма̄ньнув, superlative сяр ма̄нь)(Sosva, Sygva, Upper Lozva)

  1. small, little (in size, and in age)
    • 2016, T. P. Bakhtiarova, S. S. Dinislamova, Мансийско-русский словарь (верхне-лозьвинский диалект) [Mansi-Russian dictionary (Upper Lozva dialect)]‎[1], Khanty-Mansiysk: ФОРМАТ, →ISBN, page 62:
      Иӈ сака ма̄нь.
      Iň saka mānʹ.
      Still very small (in age).
    • 2016, T. P. Bakhtiarova, S. S. Dinislamova, Мансийско-русский словарь (верхне-лозьвинский диалект) [Mansi-Russian dictionary (Upper Lozva dialect)]‎[2], Khanty-Mansiysk: ФОРМАТ, →ISBN, page 63:
      Ма̄нь лё̄хъя̄с.
      Mānʹ lë̄hʺâ̄s.
      Little road.
  2. young, youthful
    • 2016, T. P. Bakhtiarova, S. S. Dinislamova, Мансийско-русский словарь (верхне-лозьвинский диалект) [Mansi-Russian dictionary (Upper Lozva dialect)]‎[3], Khanty-Mansiysk: ФОРМАТ, →ISBN, page 63:
      Ма̄нь та̄йыл ня̄врам ханищтаве са̄кпакый о̄луӈкв
      Mānʹ tājyl nâ̄vram haniśtave sākpakyj ōluňkv
      A child is taught to be neat from childhood.

References

  • Susanna S. Virtanen; Csilla Horváth; Tamara Merova (2021), Pohjoismansin peruskurssin (5 op) [Northern Mansi basic course] (POHJOISMANSIN PERUSKURSSI)‎[4], Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto, pages 20 and 69