Contionary:man

Niemish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /man/

Etymology

From Gothic manna. Doublet of mànn ("man").

Pronoun

² màn n.m. hard stem

1. one, someone, they, an unspecified individual or group of people: indefinite personal pronoun

   Man kidt e... ("It is said that…")

Usage notes

• Man is only used in the nominative case; for the oblique cases, forms of the pronoun en are used. For example: Man ne mach all tids toje, hat en szwegen makt. ("One cannot always do what makes one happy").

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maːn/

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mainą.

Noun

² mán n.n. syncopating hard stem

1. false witness, perjury

Declension

declension of mán (mh declension, uncountable)
	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mán	mánat
genitive	mä́ns	mä́nes
dative	mán	mánum

Knrawi

Etymology

Inherited.

Pronunciation

⫽ma˥n̩⫽

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ma˥n]
  
• (Royal) IPA^(key): [ŋʷa˥n̩]
  
• (Urban Anajrn) IPA^(key): [mä˥n]
  
• (Ufhewat) IPA^(key): [ma˥n]
  
• (Zjiiama) IPA^(key): [ma˥n]

Noun

man

1. finger

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   translation here

man inflection

	SG				PL/INDEF
	SGV		PTV		SGV		PTV
		GEN		GEN		GEN		GEN
NOM/DAT	mańg	man̂g	mańri	man̂ri	maǹg	man̂g*	maǹri	man̂ri*
ACC	man	mân	ziman	zîman	màn	mân*	zìman	zîman*
LOC	sg mańg	sĝ man̂g	sr mańri	sr̂ man̂ri	sg̀ maǹg	sĝ man̂g*	sr̀ maǹri	sr̂ man̂ri*
*low falling tone in some regions

Synonyms

irkh

Derived terms

• mańrkka