n-

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Translingual

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Prefix

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n-

  1. (SI prefix) Abbreviation of nano-.

English

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of normal.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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n-

  1. (organic chemistry) normal-form of a functional group (or molecule), being the long-chain form (unbranched chain)

Coordinate terms

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  • s- (secondary form)
  • t- (tertiary form)

Derived terms

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Translations

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Abenaki

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Related to nia (I, me).

Prefix

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n-

  1. (prefixed to nouns, used before consonants) my
  2. (prefixed to verbs, used before consonants) I
  3. (prefixed to verbs, used before consonants) I (exclusive we)

Coordinate terms

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  • nd- (used before vowels)

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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  • ën-Buzuku
  • m-before labials

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (in).[1][2]

Prefix

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n-

  1. intensive prefix. on, to, at

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 168

Aromanian

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Prefix

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n-

  1. Alternative form of ãn-

Big Nambas

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *na.

Article

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n-

  1. The noun article. Added to nouns and verb stems to affirm nominal use. Has an element of definiteness. Also used in derivation.

Usage notes

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This form used before vowels. Before consonants, the form na- is used.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch ne, en, from Old Dutch ne, from Proto-Germanic *ne.

Prefix

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n-

  1. Used to negate the pronoun or adverb which follows it, yielding the same part of speech

Derived terms

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Egyptian

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Prefix

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n
  1. forms intransitive or reflexive verbs from existing verbs

Derived terms

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Prefix

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n
  1. Alternative form of m- (noun-forming prefix) before labial consonants

References

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  • Satzinger, Helmut (2017) “A Lexicon of Egyptian Lexical Roots (Project)” in Quaderni di Vicino Oriente, volume 12, pages 213–223

Emilian

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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n- (adverbial)

  1. (before a vowel) Alternative form of in
    A-g n-ò dimándi.I have a lot (of them).

French

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of normale.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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n-

  1. (organic chemistry) n-; (normal-form)

Derived terms

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Kamba

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Alternative forms

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Prefix

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n-

  1. I (used for conjugating verbs to the subjective or nominative case of the personal pronoun)

Maltese

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic نَ (na, first-person plural imperfect prefix). The use also for the first-person singular is found in Maghrebi Arabic dialects.

Alternative forms

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Prefix

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n-

  1. First-person prefix in the imperfect conjugation
    n- + ‎kiteb (he wrote) → ‎nikteb (I write)

Etymology 2

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Article

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n-

  1. Alternative form of il-
Usage notes
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  • Used after a vowel and before the letter n. For details on usage, see the main lemma.

Neapolitan

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Alternative forms

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  • m-, l- (from assimilation to following consonants)

Etymology

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Inherited from Latin in-.

Prefix

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n-

  1. in

Derived terms

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Ojibwe

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Prefix

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n-

  1. Alternative form of ni-

Usage notes

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n- appears before stems that begin with the vowels oo and ii.

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Old Irish

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Prefix

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n- (class A infixed pronoun)

  1. us

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Prefix

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n- (class B & C infixed pronoun)

  1. Alternative form of d-

Swahili

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Alternative forms

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  • (before a vowel) ny-
  • (before labial consonants) m-

Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *n-.

Prefix

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n- (plural n-)

  1. n class(IX/X) noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix, denoting animals and miscellaneous nouns as well as their plurals, and plurals of some u class(XI) nouns
    nguo nzuria nice piece of cloth/nice clothes
    ulimi (tongue) → ‎ndimi (tongues)

Usage notes

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Foreign borrowings that cannot fit other classes morphologically usually behave as n class(IX), but do not take this prefix.

Except for nouns where the stem is of one syllable, n can only be followed by g, d, j, y, and z in Swahili. As a result of this, when the stem starts with a vowel, n- changes to ny-, when it starts with a b or v it changes to m-, and *nw-, *nl-, and *nr- becomes mb-, nd-, and nd- respectively. In front of any stems where these rules cannot be applied, it disappears.

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Tooro

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Alternative forms

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  • (before /β/, /m/, /h/ or /p/) m-
  • (before a vowel) ny-

Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *ǹ-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /n̩-/, (after /ɡ/ or /k/) [ŋ̩-], (after a vowel) /n-/

Prefix

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n-

  1. I, 1st person singular subject concord
    n- + ‎-kora (to do) → ‎nkora (I do)
  2. positive imperative form of -n- (me; 1st person singular object concord)
    n- + ‎-ha (to give) → ‎mpa (give me)

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References

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  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 413

Ye'kwana

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Etymology 1

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Cognate to prefixes analyzed as object nominalizers, switching nominalized forms from nouns of action to nouns referring to the patient argument. The Caura River form has a rather different scope of use.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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n-

  1. Marks that (person markers on) a derivation from a transitive verb refer to the agent argument of the verb rather than the patient argument; used with verbs adverbialized with -e or nominalized with -dü or -'jüdü.
Usage notes
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This prefix comes between the person marker and the verb stem.

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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  • ni- (allomorph before a consonant)

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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n-

  1. Marks a nonderived transitive verb as having a third-person agent/subject and patient/object.
  2. Marks a nonderived intransitive verb with agent-like or patient-like argument as having a third-person argument/subject.
Usage notes
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The form n- is used with stems that start with a vowel; ni- is used with those that start with a consonant, in which case the initial consonant is also palatalized.

This person marker is used with all types of verbs when marked with originally nonderived tense/aspect/mood markers, excepting only the admonitive -'no and prohibitive -i negative command suffixes and the uncertain future marker -tai, which require the transcategorical third person marker y-, and the distant past markers, which require the distance-specific person morpheme kün-.

Though in all other circumstances Ye'kwana third-person prefixes also cover the first person dual exclusive, this prefix is not used when the patient of a transitive verb is first-person-dual-exclusive.

Inflection
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References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “n-”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[3], Lyon, pages 152, 182–184, 190–191, 200, 202–203

Zulu

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *n-.

Prefix

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n-

  1. Class 9 simple noun prefix.

Usage notes

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The variant form m- is used before stems beginning with a labial consonant (b, f, m, p, v).