ня

See also: на, на-, -ња, and -на

Belarusian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nʲa]

Particle

ня • (nja)

  1. Alternative form of не (nje): not (in pre-tonal positions)
    Нічо́га до́брага я ў гэ́тым ня ба́чу.Ničóha dóbraha ja ŭ hétym nja báču.I don't see anything good in it

Usage notes

  • By some standards and conventions не (nje) is always written, even if it's pronounced as ня (nja).
  • ня (nja) can sometimes be replaced with не (nje) but не (nje) can't be replaced with ня (nja) if it's not in a pre-tonal position, for example:
    1. я ня ве́даю (ja nja vjédaju) = я не ве́даю (ja nje vjédaju)
    2. я ня разуме́ю (ja nja razumjéju) = я не разуме́ю (ja nje razumjéju)
  • ня (nja) can't replace не (nje) in any stressed position or as an adverb no (word used to indicate disagreement or negative)

Moksha

Etymology

Plural of тя (ťa, this), the same suppletion can be seen in several other Uralic languages, compare Finnish nämä (these) : tämä (this).[1]

Pronoun

ня • (ńa)

  1. indefinite plural nominative of тя (ťa); these

References

  1. Serebrennikov, B. A. (1967) Istoričeskaja morfologija mordovskix jazykov [Historical morphology of the Mordvinic languages] (in Russian), Moskva, page 47

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nʲa]
  • (file)

Interjection

ня • (nja)

  1. (colloquial) Loan of Japanese nya, commonly used by Russian-speaking anime communities. Often used as a synonym of hello.
    Все́м ня́ в э́том ча́те!
    Vsém njá v étom čáte!
    Hey, everyone in this chat!

Derived terms

  • ня́кать (njákatʹ, to say «nya»)
  • ня́шиться (njášitʹsja, to cuddle, to have sex)
  • ня́шка (njáška, cutie)
  • ня́шный (njášnyj, cute, adorable)

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *ńä.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nʲɐ]
  • Hyphenation: ня

Noun

ня • (nya)

  1. friend
  2. sibling

References

  • Pyrerka, A. P.; Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 282
  • Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 31
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