я̄

Northern Mansi

Etymology 1

Letter

я̄ (â̄) (lower case, upper case Я̄)

1. The forty-fourth letter of the Northern Mansi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, А̄ а̄, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Е̄ е̄, Ё ё, Ё̄ ё̄, Ж ж, З з, И и, Ӣ ӣ, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, Ӈ ӈ, О о, О̄ о̄, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ӯ ӯ, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ы̄ ы̄, Ь ь, Э э, Э̄ э̄, Ю ю, Ю̄ ю̄, Я я, Я̄ я̄

Etymology 2

From Proto-Uralic *joke. Cognates include archaic Hungarian jó, Finnish joki (“river”), Estonian jõgi (“river”), Karelian jogi (“river”), Veps jogi (“river”).

Alternative forms

• [script needed] (jǟ) — Central-Southern Mansi

Noun

я̄ (â̄)

1. river

Declension

Inflection of я̄ (â̄)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	я̄ (â̄)	я̄г (â̄g)	я̄т (â̄t)
locative	я̄т (â̄t)	я̄гт (â̄gt)	я̄тт (â̄tt)
lative	я̄н (â̄n)	я̄гн (â̄gn)	я̄тн (â̄tn)
ablative	я̄ныл (â̄nyl)	я̄гныл (â̄gnyl)	я̄тныл (â̄tnyl)
instrumental	я̄л (â̄l)	я̄гтыл (â̄gtyl)	я̄тыл (â̄tyl)
translative	я̄г (â̄g)	――	――

Possessive forms of я̄ (â̄)

possessor	single possession	double possession	multiple possession
1st person sing.	я̄м (â̄m)	я̄гум (â̄gum)	я̄нум (â̄num)
2rd person sing.	я̄н (â̄n)	я̄гын (â̄gyn)	я̄н (â̄n)
3rd person sing.	я̄тэ (â̄tè)	я̄ге (â̄ge)	я̄нэ (â̄nè)
1st person dual	я̄ме̄н (â̄mēn)	я̄гаме̄н (â̄gamēn)	я̄наме̄н (â̄namēn)
2rd person dual	я̄н (â̄n)	я̄гы̄н (â̄gȳn)	я̄ны̄н (â̄nȳn)
3rd person dual	я̄тэ̄н (â̄tè̄n)	я̄ге̄н (â̄gēn)	я̄нэ̄н (â̄nè̄n)
1st person plural	я̄в (â̄v)	я̄гув (â̄guv)	я̄нув (â̄nuv)
2rd person plural	я̄н (â̄n)	я̄гы̄н (â̄gȳn)	я̄ны̄н (â̄nȳn)
3rd person plural	я̄ныл (â̄nyl)	я̄ганыл (â̄ganyl)	я̄наныл (â̄nanyl)

Further reading

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