niren

See also: nírén and nǐrén

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Mandarin 女人.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲiɻə̃]

Noun

niren

1. woman

   Synonym: nixhe

   Coordinate term: waren (“man”)

2. wife

   Coordinate term: nixi (“husband”)

   da niren-men mu hai-la ra cek-de-ge ra da ha ra cek-lio ze-li.

   Then, as for wives, as for taking a wife, [our ancestors] took Chinese [wives] as well.

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 193)

3. girlfriend

   gu da gejhai-de niren-ha gga-la-di mi-li.

   He doesn't like his girlfriend anymore.

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 94)

References

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎^[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN