инь

Inherited and derived from Proto-Yeniseian *ipʰʌn (“stand, be put”, verb, for animate subjects).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /¹in/, [iˑnʲ˧] [Action nominal]
• IPA^(key): /…in/, […iˑnʲ] [Finite verb]

инь (īnʲ, a⁴-[l²]-inʲ⁰) (action nominal, conjugation class I)

1. standing, the act of standing (for animate subjects) [Action nominal]
2. (intransitive, atelic) animate subject stands, stays put [Conjugation class I]

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *iʌnʲʌ (“claw, nail”).^[3][4]

• IPA^(key): /⁴in/, [in̥ʲ˥˩]

инь (ìnʲ) n (plural инеӈ)

1. nail; claw

• Central and Northern Ket varieties use иине instead.

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *iˀʌnʌ (“for a long time”, adverb).^[5][6]

• IPA^(key): /⁴in/, [in̥ʲ˥˩]

инь (ìnʲ)

1. for a long time

• Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 367, 393-394
• Vajda, Edward J.; Zinn, Marina (2004), Kotorova, Elizaveta G., editor, Морфологический словарь кетского глагола (in Russian), Tomsk: Томского государственного педагогического университет (TGPU), page 164
• Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 210-211

According to SKES, related to Moksha ине (ine, “great”), which is from Proto-Uralic *enä (“large, big”) and cognate with Finnish enin (“the biggest”), Estonian enam (“more”), Livonian jennõ (“a lot”)).

Alternatively, borrowed from a Turkic language, compare Tatar ин (in).^[1] Veršinin notes resemblance with Eastern Mari эн (en, “id.”) usually considered a Turkic borrowing.^[2]

инь • (iń)

1. used with adjectives to form superlatives

   Synonym: сембода (semboda)

   инь сире

   iń sire

   oldest

Borrowed from Mandarin 陰／阴 (yīn).

• IPA^(key): [inʲ]

инь • (inʹ) f inan or n inan (indeclinable) (usually indeclinable)

1. yin

   Antonym: ян (jan)

• инь-я́н (inʹ-ján), инь и ян (inʹ i jan)