khanty

«khanty» in Mova's school dictionary: an Indigenous people who live in western Siberia, in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (the Khanty, a Khanty); adjective (Khanty)

meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) The Khanty are an Indigenous people who live in western Siberia, in Russia, near the Ob River. tree →

2) (a name) Khanty is also the name of their language, related to Hungarian. tree →

sense in the lessons

Geography and culture lessons about peoples of the far north: many Khanty traditionally herd reindeer, fish and hunt. Their land is in the Khanty-Mansi region of Russia.

examples

• The Khanty live in western Siberia. tree →
• Some Khanty families still herd reindeer. tree →
• The Khanty language is distantly related to Hungarian. tree →
• The Khanty catch fish in the cold rivers. tree →
• We read a Khanty folk tale in class. tree →
• Oil drilling has changed Khanty land. tree →

note

Capital letter: Khanty. Plural the same: the Khanty. Pronounced «KHAN-tee».

In the corpora

• Siberian peoples such as the Khanty, Evenks and Yakuts lost land, and many died from new diseases and violence.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «khanty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.