ньенъе

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yeŋe. Cognate to Khakas ниге (nige), Yakut саҥас (sañas, “older male relative's wife”), etc.

Noun

ньенъе • (nʹyenʺye)

1. wife of elder brother

References

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1966), “ньенъе”, in Severnyje Dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo) Jazyka - Dialekty Černevyx Tatar (Tuba-Kiži) - Grammatičeskij Očerk i Slovarʹ [Northern Altai Dialect of Altai Language - Black Tatar Dialect (Tuba-Kiži), Grammatical text and dictionary], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN