ня

See also: на, на-, -ња, and -на

Belarusian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [nʲa]
  • Rhymes: -a

Particle

ня • (nja)

  1. (Taraškievica orthography) 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 do not see anything good in it.
    Ня то́й час, каб не заўважа́ць няба́чную небясьпе́ку. ― Nja tój čas, kab nje zaŭvažácʹ njabáčnuju njebjasʹpjéku. ― It's not the time to ignore the invisible danger.
    Не, то́й гадава́нец не саба́ка і ён ня брэ́ша. ― Nje, tój hadavánjec nje sabáka i jon nja bréša. ― No, that pet is not a dog and it does not bark.
    • 1925, Jazep Losik, Беларускі правапіс [Belarusian orthography], Менск: Беларускае Дзяржаўнае Выдавецтва, page 22:
      Такія словы, як не, без, це́раз, пе́рад ня ма́юць свайго́ на́ціску; яны́ стано́вяць як-бы ча́стку таго́ сло́ва, пе́рад като́рым стая́ць. Дзе́ля гэ́тага ча́сам пі́шацца не, без, а ча́сам — ня, бяз у зале́жнасьці ад таго́, у като́рым скла́дзе пе́рад на́ціскам яны́ ста́нуць: не магу́, не хачу́, не знашо́ў; ня бу́ду, ня ве́даю, ня шуміць; без вады́, бяз хле́ба.
      Takija slóvy, jak nje, bjez, cjéraz, pjérad nja májucʹ svajhó nácisku; janý stanóvjacʹ jak-by částku tahó slóva, pjérad katórym stajácʹ. Dzjélja hétaha čásam píšacca nje, bjez, a čásam — nja, bjaz u zaljéžnasʹci ad tahó, u katórym skládzje pjérad náciskam janý stánucʹ: nje mahú, nje xačú, nje znašóŭ; nja búdu, nja vjédaju, nja šumicʹ; bjez vadý, bjaz xljéba.
      The words, such as не, без, це́раз, пе́рад don't have their own stress; they behave as if they were a part of the next word. As a result, sometimes they are written as не, без and sometimes as ня, бяз, depending on where they stand relative to the stress position: не магу́, не хачу́, не знашо́ў; ня бу́ду, ня ве́даю, ня шуміць; без вады́, бяз хле́ба.

Usage notes

The pronunciation of the word "не" changes to "ня" if it's immediately and without any pause followed by a stressed syllable, even if that syllable belongs to the adjacent next word. The Taraškievica orthography [1][2] also reflects this in spelling. The standard official Narkamaŭka orthography isn't fully phonetically accurate and always uses "не" in spelling for morphological reasons.

References
  1. https://be.wikisource.org/wiki/Беларускі_правапіс_(1927)
  2. https://knihi.com/storage/pravapis2005.html

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

Etymology

From Japanese にゃあ

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [nʲa]
  • Audio(file)

Interjection

ня • (nja)

  1. (colloquial) commonly used by Russian-speaking anime communities. Often used as a synonym of "hello" or "how cute".
    Все́м ня́ в э́том ча́те!
    Vsém njá v étom čáte!
    Hi, 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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