я̄нтев

Mansi

Alternative forms
  • [script needed] (jantəŋ), [script needed] (jantəw) (Central Mansi)

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *jänte (“sinew”)[1]. Cognates include Hungarian ideg and Finnish jänne (“tendon, sinew; bowstring”) derives.

Noun

я̄нтев • (jāntew)

  1. (Northern) string, bowstring

References
  1. Entry #169 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Further reading
  • Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán
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