та̄н

Mansi

Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

тан (tan)

Pronoun

та̄н (tān)

  1. they
Declension
Declension of та̄н
nominative тан (tān)
accusative тананыл (tānanəl)
dative тананылн (tānanəln)
ablative тананылныл (tānanəlnəl)
comitative-instrumental тананылтыл (tānanəltəl)
Derived terms

See also

Mansi personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person ам (am) ме̄н (m’ēn) ма̄н (mān)
2nd person наӈ (naŋ) нэ̄н (nēn) на̄н (nān)
3rd person тав (tav) тэ̄н (tēn) та̄н (tān)

References

  • Susanna S. Virtanen; Csilla Horváth; Tamara Merova (2021) Pohjoismansin peruskurssin (5 op) [Northern Mansi basic course] (POHJOISMANSIN PERUSKURSSI), Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto, page 15
  • Mansi dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán
  • A.N.Balandin (1960), A. V. Almazova, editor, Самоучитель мансийского языка [Mansi self-teaching book], Leningrad: Государственное учебно-педагогическое издательство министерства просвещения РСФСР, ленинградское отделение, pages 90-91

Etymology 2

From Proto-Uralic *sëne (sinew)[1]. Cognates include Hungarian ín, Finnish suoni and Estonian soon.

Alternative forms

  • [script needed] (tø̄n) Central Mansi
  • [script needed] (tǟn) Southern Mansi

Noun

та̄н (tān) (Northern)

  1. sinew
  2. vein
  3. string
  4. music

References

  1. Entry #169 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.

Further reading

  • Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán
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