та̄н

Mansi

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

Etymology

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

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, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

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