яныг

Northern Mansi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Uralic *enä.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [janɪɣ]

Adjective

яныг (ânyg) (comparative яныгнув, superlative сяр яныг)

1. big, large

   Тав яныг кӯтювыл о̄лы. ― Tav ânyg kūtûvyl ōly. ― He lives with a big dog.

2. great
3. senior, eldest
4. chief, leading, main

References

• Afanasʹjeva, K. V., Sobjanina, S. A. (2012) “яныг”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ [Mansi-Russian school dictionary], Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO
• “яныг”, in Northern Mansi-Hungarian dictionary, Tromsø: University of Tromsø, 2023
• Elena Skribnik, editor (2016), Ob-Ugric Database: analysed text corpora and dictionaries for less described Ob-Ugric dialects‎^[1], University of Munich