ня̄л

Mansi

Alternative forms
  • [script needed] (ńǟl) – Western Mansi
  • [script needed] (ńø̄l) – Eastern Mansi
  • [script needed] (ńėl) – Southern Mansi

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ńële (“arrow”).[1] Cognates include Hungarian nyíl, Finnish nuoli, Estonian nool.

Noun

ня̄л • (ńāl)

  1. (Northern) arrow

References
  1. Entry #622 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.

Further reading
  • Afanasʹjeva, K. V.; Sobjanina, S. A. (2012), “ня̄л”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ) [Mansi-Russian school dictionary], Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO
  • Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán
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