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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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