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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *ǝ̀ńí
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: mother
Russian meaning: мать
Modern Korean: ǝi
Middle Korean: ǝ̀ńí
Comments: Nam 363, KED 1134.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *ĕ́ńa
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: mother, elder sister
Russian meaning: мать, старшая сестра
Turkic: *ana / *eńe
Tungus-Manchu: *eńi-
Korean: *ǝ̀ńí
Japanese: *ánái
Comments: Цинциус 1972a, 27-29, АПиПЯЯ 78. A "nursery word" (like most kinship terms), but no doubt archaic.
altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-jap,altet-reference,

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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *ana / *eńe
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: mother
Russian meaning: мать
Old Turkic: ana ~ ene (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: ana ~ ene (MK)
Turkish: ana
Tatar: ana
Middle Turkic: ana (Pav. C.)
Uighur: ana
Sary-Yughur: ana
Azerbaidzhan: ana
Turkmen: ene
Khakassian: inä
Oyrat: ene
Chuvash: ańne
Yakut: ij̃e
Dolgan: ińe
Tuva: ij̃e
Kirghiz: ene
Kazakh: ene, ana
Bashkir: inä
Balkar: ana
Gagauz: ana
Karaim: ana
Karakalpak: ene, ana
Salar: ana
Kumyk: ana
Comments: EDT 169-170, VEWT 19, 44, TMN 2, 130, ЭСТЯ 1, 278-281, Егоров 28, Лексика 298-299, 300-301, Stachowski 127.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *eńi-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: mother, female
Russian meaning: мать, самка
Evenki: eńin
Even: eńin
Negidal: eńin
Literary Manchu: eńen
Jurchen: enin (283)
Ulcha: eń-
Orok: enin
Nanai: eńin
Oroch: ene, eńi
Udighe: eńi(n)
Solon: enē, enĩ
Comments: ТМС 2, 456.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *ánái
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: elder sister
Russian meaning: старшая сестра
Old Japanese: ane
Middle Japanese: ane
Tokyo: àne
Kyoto: áné
Kagoshima: áne
Comments: JLTT 382.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *eńV
Meaning: elder brother/sister
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *an- <PIH *H->
Altaic: *ĕ́ńa
Uralic: *ańa (cf. also *anV(-ppV), *naje < *ana-je?, *enä)
Dravidian: *aṇ-
Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *'ǝnine-
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *an- <PIH *H->
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: grandmother
Hittite: hanna-s `Grossmutter', (but also anna- c. 'Mutter', Tischler 24) Lyk χñna `Großmutter' (Tischler 145)
Armenian: han `Grossmutter'
Old Greek: acc. anōn (Larissa, inschr.); annís = mētròs ḕ patròs mḗtēr Hsch.
Baltic: *an-iā̃ f., *an-ī̂t-ā̂ f.
Germanic: *an-en- m., *an-ō f.
Latin: anus, -ūs (OLat -uis) f. `altes Weib'
Russ. meaning: бабушка
References: WP I 55 f
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *an-iā̃ f., *an-ī̂t-ā̂ f.
Meaning: mother-in-law, grandmother
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: anī́ta `Schwiegermutter der Frau'
Old Prussian: ane `Altmutter' V. 172
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *anēn, *anō
Meaning: ancestor, forefather
IE etymology: IE etymology
Middle Dutch: aen-hete `(Ur)grossvater'
Middle Low German: āne `Vorfahr, Grossvater, Urgrossvater';
Old High German: ano (9.Jh.) `Vorfahr, Grossvater, Urgrossvater'; ana (9/10.Jh.) `(Ur)grossmutter'; eninchil nkel
Middle High German: ane, an, ene wk. m. 'grossvater, urgrossvater'; ane wk. f. 'grossmutter'; eninkel, enenkel, enikel st. m. 'onkel'
German: Ahn m. `Vorfahr', Ahne f. `(Ur)grossmutter'; bair. enl, änl, österr. ǟnl, ānl Grossväterchen; nkel
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 76
Root: an-1
English meaning: male or female ancestor
German meaning: `Bezeichnung für männlichen oder weiblichen Ahnen'
General comments: Lallwort
Material: Arm. han `Großmutter', gr. ἀννίς μητρὸς ἤ πατρός μήτηρ Hes., vgl. Inschr. ἀνώ; lat. anna f. `Pflegemutter', nach Ausweis illyr. EN ῎Ανα, ῎Αννύλα, Annaeus usw., sowie messap. illyr. ana = πότνια illyr. Herkunft (W. Schulze KZ. 43, 276 = Kl. Schr. 214, Krahe IF. 46, 183 f.); vgl. weiterhin lat. anus, -ūs `altes Weib', auch den Namen der Göttin Anna Perenna.

    Ahd. ano, mhd. ane, an, ene, nhd. Ahn `Großvater, Urgroßvater, Ahn'; ahd. ana, mhd. ane `Großmutter, Urgroßmutter, Ahne'. Deminutivbildungen sind: altn. Āli (*anilo), ags. Anela, ahd. Anelo Personennamen; mhd. enel `Großvater, Enkel'. Ferner ahd.eninchil, mhd. enichlīn, nhd. Enkel (`der kleine Ahn'). Bei den Indogermanen wurde der Enkel als Abbild oder Ersatz des Großvaters betrachtet; vgl. gr. ᾽Αντίπατρος. Gegen diese von W. Schulze KZ. 40, 409 f. = Kl. Schr. 67 f. vertretene Ansicht wendet Hermann, Nachr. d. Ges. d. Wiss. zu Göttingen, Phil.-hist. Klasse 1918, 215 f., ein, daß bayr. enl, änl, österr. ǣnl, ānl usw. die Bedeutung `Großväterchen' und `Enkel' tragen und man es hier mit der gleichen Erscheinung zu tun hat wie bei nhd. Vetter (ursprüngl. `des Vaters Bruder', dann auch `des Bruders Sohn'); die Anrede wird vom Großvater an den Enkel zurückgegeben. Diese ältere Auffassung (vgl. die Literatur bei Hermann aaO.) ist beachtenswert.

    Preuß. ane `alte Mutter'; lit. anýta `Schwiegermutter'.

    Hitt. an-na-aš `Mutter'; ḫa-an-na- (ḫannaš) `Großmutter', lyk. χñ̃na ds.

    Wohl mit Recht stellt M. E. Schmidt KZ. 47, 189 arm. aner `Vater der Frau' hierzu. Es liegt eine ähnliche Bildung vor wie in lat. matertera `Mutterschwester', cymr. ewythr `Oheim', acorn. euitor; bret. eontr (urkelt. *aventro-, s. Pedersen Kelt. Gr. I 55). *anero- hätte die ursprüngliche Bedeutung `etwas wie der Ahn'.

    Unsicher ist ahd. hevianna, woraus umgebildet mhd. hebamme. Da ahd.*anna `Weib' nicht zu belegen ist, nimmt Kluge11 238 Entstehung aus *hafjan(d)jō `die Hebende' an, woraus die späteren Umdeutungen entstanden seien. Doch vgl. PBB. 30, 250.

References: WP. I 55 f., WH. I 50, Pedersen Lyk. u. Hitt. 26, 66.
Pages: 36-37
PIE database: PIE database
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 15
Proto: *ańa
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: wife of an elder relative; ? mother
German meaning: Frau eines älteren Verwandten (des Bruders, des Onkels); ? Mutter
Saam (Lapp): vi̊øńńe (oa) (T), vuǝńńe 'Frau des älteren Bruders'
Mordovian: niz-ańa 'Schwiegermutter' (E), ańaka 'ältere Schwester' (M) (?)
Udmurt (Votyak): ańi̮ 'Hanfgarbe' (J)
Komi (Zyrian): e̮ńe, e̮ńa 'Schwägerin (Brudersfrau, Mannesschwester)', uńe 'Tante', ońa (VU) 'Schwiegertochter (Frau des Sohnes), Schwägerin', ? ań 'Schwiegermutter (der Frau)', (V P) ań 'Frau (V); Mutter des Mannes (P)'
Khanty (Ostyak): ăńǝki̮ (V), ăńǝχǝ (DN), ȧ̆ńǝχi (O) 'Frau des älteren Bruders; Stiefmutter'
Mansi (Vogul): āńī (TJ) 'Frau des Vaterbruders', uńńǝm (LU) 'meine Tante', ɔ̄̈ń (KO), āń (P), āńēkoa 'Großmutter mütterlichseits', ōńi, ōń (K) 'Tante', ā̊ńi̊' 'Schwägerin' (N)
Hungarian: ángy 'des Gatten Schwester; die Frau des (älteren) Bruders; des Onkels oder Großonkels Frau; des Vetters Frau; die Frau eines jeden älteren Verwandten', ? anya (anyát, anyja) 'Mutter, dial. Schwiegermutter'
Nenets (Yurak): ńeje (O) 'jüngere Schwester der Mutter'
Selkup: ońa (TaU), ońo (Ty.) 'Frau des älteren Bruders'
Sammalahti's version: FU *an'a
K. Reshetnikov's notes: Not LO, but LU (i.e. LL)! Cf. Komi un'e 'aunt' - can't the Mansi form with -u- be a Komi loan? Note the similarity between the Komi and Selk. forms (a secondary contact relation can't be excluded). On the other hand, NeO n'eje 'mother's younger sister' (mentioned in UEW as a cognate of the Uralic words in question) is unclear - it doesn't correspond to Selk. with regard to vocalism. Contrary to UEW, Permic *an'V > Komi Pm., Wi. an' 'Schwiegermutter (der Frau), Mutter des Mannes', Vg. an' 'Frau', Udm. Ye. an'ɨ 'Hanfgarbe', Mans. UK ȫn', Pe. ān', Ss. ān'-ēk̥a 'Grossmutter mütterlicherseits', Hun. anya 'Mutter', (dial.) 'Schwiegermutter', -ány (=ān') in le-ány 'Tochter, Mädchen', literally 'small woman' (le- < Ugr. *lVjV 'klein, jung') and apparently Mord. E -an'a in niz-an'a 'mother-in-law', M an'a-ka 'elder sister' should be kept apart from the forms listed above (see URAET 1802). Besides, Komi Ud. un'e 'Tante' is also likely to belong to another etymon (URAET 1801).
References: FUV; КЭСКЯ; MUSz. 745; EtSz.; SzófSz.; MSzFgrE; TESz.; Munkácsi B. Árja és kaukázusi elemek... 132
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *áṇa-
Meaning : elder brother
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *aṇṇa-
Proto-Telugu : *anna
Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *an- (*-ṇ-)
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ana
Notes : Loss of retroflex articulation in PGn is normal in this position. // Present in 4/6 branches.
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *aṇṇa-
Meaning : elder brother
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : aṇṇan_, aṇṇācci
Tamil meaning : elder brother
Tamil derivates : aṇṇār id. (hon. pl.); aṇṇā elder brother, father; aṇṇāttai elder brother (sometimes in contempt); aṇṇāẓvi elder brother or cousin; aṇṇi elder brother's wife
Malayalam : aṇṇan, aṇṇācci
Malayalam meaning : elder brother
Kannada : aṇṇa, aṇa
Kannada meaning : elder brother; respectful address to an older male, affectionate mode of addressing boys
Kannada derivates : aṇṇi affectionate mode of addressing females
Kodagu : aṇṇë
Kodagu meaning : elder brother or male parallel cousin
Kodagu derivates : tammaṇë younger brother
Tulu : aṇṇe
Tulu meaning : elder brother, maternal uncle, an elderly man
Proto-Nilgiri : *aṇ
Notes : Reconstructed as *aṇṇa- because forms like aṇṇi are quite local and may represent later morphological formations.
Number in DED : 0131
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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *aṇ
Meaning : elder brother or male parallel cousin
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Kota : aṇ
Toda : oṇ, oṇoṇ
Number in DED : 131
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *anna
Meaning : elder brother; termination of names of men
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : anna
Number in DED : 131
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *an- (*-ṇ-)
Meaning : elder brother
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kolami : annāk "(Haig) elder brother"
Number in DED : 131
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ana
Meaning : elder brother
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Gondi : *[t]an-[ā]
Konda : ana (pl. aneŋ/anar)
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Gondi etymology :

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Proto-Gondi : *[t]an-[ā]
Meaning : elder brother
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Betul Gondi : tannāl
Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : tannā, tannāl, tannor
Koya Gondi : annāl (Su.)
Additional forms : Also Gondi_Tr tanhaṛāl elder brother (respectful)
Notes : In some dialects only encountered with the pronominal prefix t-.
Number in DED : 131
Number in CVOTGD : 1652
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Konda etymology :

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Konda : ana (pl. aneŋ/anar)
Meaning: elder brother
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Additional forms : Also Konda anasi elder brother (with reference to 3rd person)
Number in DED : 131
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Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology :

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Proto-Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *'ǝnine-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning (Rus.): старший брат (сестра)
Proto-Chukchee-Koryak: *'ǝnine-ɫʁǝ-n
Proto-Itelmen: *ńańa
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Chukchee-Koryak etymology :

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Proto-Chukchee-Koryak: *'ǝnine-ɫʁǝ-n
Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology: Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology
Meaning (Rus.): старший брат 1, старшая сестра 2, сестра (для сестры) voc. 3
Chukchee: ǝnɛ́ɛ-lʔǝ-n, ǝnʔɛ- 1
Koryak: ǝnine-lhǝ-n 1, (2)
Palan: hǝnine-ɫhǝ-n 1, 2, hǝńińha voc. 3
Alutor: ǝnina-l/ĺʔǝ-n, ǝńińa-cʔǝ-n superl. 1, 2
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Itelmen etymology :

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Proto-Itelmen: *ńańa
Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology: Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology
Meaning (Rus.): старшая сестра, няня
Itelmen meaning: старшая сестра, няня
itelet-prnum,itelet-meaning,itelet-itemea,

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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : HVNV
Meaning : female relative
Eurasiatic : *eńV
Sino-Caucasian : *HǟnV́
Austric : PAN *ina 'mother, mother's sister'
Amerind (misc.) : *(i)nan 'aunt' (R 28) [+ A K]
Reference : GE 69 *nana.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *HǟnV́
Meaning: a female relative (daughter-in-law, elder sister)
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: (*nǟnV)
Sino-Tibetan: *na
Yenisseian: *ʔ[ē]ńi
Burushaski: *nVnV
Comments and references : Cf. *ʔānV(jV)
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *nǟnV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: female breast; mother
Proto-Nakh: *nāna
Proto-Tsezian: *nene
Proto-Lak: ninu
Proto-Lezghian: *n[ä]naj
Proto-West Caucasian: *nanV
Notes: A universally spread nursery word. However, the correspondences are good (both phonetically and semantically) and the root may have existed already in PNC. See Abdokov 1983, 86. See also the non-reduplicated stem: PNC *ʔānV.
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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *nāna
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: mother
Chechen: nāna
Ingush: nana
Batsbi: nan
Comments: Obl. stem *nāni- (cf. Chech. nēna-, Bacb. nani-); Ing., however, reflects *nānu- (Ing. pl. nona-š).
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *nene
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: female breast, teat
Bezhta: nene
Gunzib: nene
Comments: PGB *nene.
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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: ninu
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: mother
Lak form: ninu
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *n[ä]naj
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 female breast 2 mother
Tabasaran: nana 1
Rutul: nin, nenej 2
Udi: nana 2
Comment: For *-j cf. Tab. obl. base nanaji, Düb. nenej.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-tab,lezget-rut,lezget-udi,lezget-comment,

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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *nanV
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 mother, mummy (tend.) 2 old woman,granny (tend.)
Abkhaz: nan 1
Adyghe: nān 1
Kabardian: nāna 2
Ubykh: nán(a) 1
Comments: PAK *nána.
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *na
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: elder female relative
Tibetan: mna-ma daughter-in-law.
Kachin: kǝna1 an elder sister.
Kiranti: *nä
Comments: PG *a-na elder sister; Lakher i-na mother; Chang a-no older sister; Miri a-nă mother; Vayu nu-nu older sister. Ben. 187.
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *nä, *nänä
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: elder sister
Limbu: nɛʔnɛʔ
Dumi: nana
Kulung: na
Yamphu: na, na:na
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-lim,kiret-dum,kiret-kul,kiret-yam,

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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: nɛʔnɛʔ, -nnɛʔ
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: 1) elder sister, 2) elder female cousin through paternal uncle or maternal aunt, 3) elder sister of ego's spouse (wife's elder sister, husband's elder sister), 4) wife of ego's spouse's elder brother (wife's elder brother's wife, husband's elder brother's wife).
limet-prnum,limet-pspeech,limet-meaning,

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Dumi dictionary :

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Entry: nana
Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: 1) elder sister 2) elder sister's husband's elder sister 3) elder brother's wife's elder sister 4) husband's elder sister 5) wife's elder sister 6) husband's elder brother's wife 7) wife's elder brother's wife.
Nepali: 1) dīdī
Comments: 1) cf. birma, wa, wa:tto; 2) cf. bhenǝm; 3) cf. baudzɨm, bhenǝm; 4) cf. dumbo; 5) cf. me:ʔe
dumet-prnum,dumet-pspeech,dumet-meaning,dumet-nepali,dumet-comments,

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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: na
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: 1. elder sister 2. husband's elder sister 3. wife's elder sister 4. wife's elder brother's wife
Nepali: didī.
Comments: Cf. PST *na.
kulet-prnum,kulet-pspeech,kulet-meaning,kulet-nepali,kulet-comments,

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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: na
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Stem: <-na ; -na:->
Grammar: bound morph.
Meaning: elder sister
Comments: khomna his elder sister.
yamet-prnum,yamet-stem,yamet-pspeech,yamet-meaning,yamet-comments,

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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔ[ē]ńi
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: son-in-law, daughter-in-law
Ket: ɛń4 (South.), North. ɛ:ne4 / ɛnne, pl. ēnn1 / enn ( < ēńin1); ɛnnɛm5 "daughter-in-law"
Yug: ɛ:hń4, pl. eńin1; ɛ:hńɛm4 / ejńɛm3 "daughter-in-law"
Kottish: ani, * ańe, g. anā, pl. anān "son-in-law"; aneä, *ańeä, pl. anán, anńēan, ańēgan "daughter-in-law"
Arin: b-än (Лоск.) "son-in-law", bonä "bride, daughter-in-law"
Comments: ССЕ 190. Werner 1, 235 <*eʔǝnǝ>.
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-ket,yenet-sym,yenet-kot,yenet-ari,yenet-notes,

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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *nVnV
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: 1 uncle 2 aunt 3 mother
Yasin: náni 2, 3, néne 2
Hunza: nána, nané 1, 2
Nagar: nána, nané 1, 2
Comments: [Berger Hun.: Yas. nané]
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-yas,buruet-hun,buruet-ngr,buruet-notes,

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