нял

Eastern Khanty

Alternative forms

• њоԓ (njoł) — Surgut

Etymology

From Proto-Khanty *ńāl, from Proto-Uralic *ńële. Cognates include Northern Khanty њоԓ (njoł), Northern Mansi ня̄л (nâ̄l), Hungarian nyíl and Finnish nuoli.

Noun

нял (njal) (Vakh-Vasyugan)

1. arrow
2. pellets, shot

References

• Terjóškin, N. I., Spodina, V. I. (1997) “нял”, in Словарь хантыйско-русский и русско-хантыйский (ваховский диалект) [Khanty-Russian and Russian-Khanty Dictionary (Vakh dialect)], Nizhnevartovsk: Уральская государственная лесотехническая академия, →ISBN, page 101
• Mogutajev, M. K. (1996) “нял”, in Хантыйско-русский словарь (васюганский диалект) [Khanty-Russian Dictionary (Vasyugan dialect)], Tomsk: ТГПУ, page 174