Contionary:man
Niemish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /man/
Etymology
From Gothic manna. Doublet of mànn ("man").
Pronoun
² màn n.m. hard stem
- 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
- 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
- finger
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| 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 | ||||||||