The self-designation is Nenets (n'enyts, pl. n'enytsja), meaning 'man'; the native term for the language is n'enytsia vada. The name hasaba, 'man', is less common and has restricted usage. Etymologically, Nenets derives from the same origin as Nganasan and Enets. The primal meaning of the root nenay is 'true, real, genuine', and this is often used in conjunction with the self-designation n'enay nenyts -- 'Nenets, i.e. a genuine man' (cf. eney enet -- 'Enets' and ngano nganasan -- 'Nganasan'). The term originally used by the Northern Nenets was applied to the whole people in the 1920s.