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n U+006E, n
LATIN SMALL LETTER N
← m
[U+006D]
Basic Latin o →
[U+006F]

Translingual

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Etymology

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From the old Latin N, from the Greek Ν (nu), from an archaic reversed Greek N, from the Phoenician symbol ðĪ; possibly from an earlier Egyptian hieroglyph of a resting Egyptian cobra,
D
(𓆓).

Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
  2. in Romanization:
    1. of the Hebrew Ũ  \ ŨŸ (“nun”, “nÅŦn”) in the Common Israeli, Hebrew Academy (1953 and 2006), and ISO 259 transliteration schemes
    2. of the Hebrew Ũ Öž (“nun”, “nÅŦn áļĨāzāq”) in the Common Israeli transliteration scheme

Synonyms

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  • (Romanization of Ũ Öž, “nun”, “nÅŦn áļĨāzāq”): nn (in the Hebrew Academy (1953 and 2006) and ISO 259 transliteration schemes)
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Further reading

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Pronunciation

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  • Pronunciation of IPA [nːɑː, ɑnnɑː] with the sound [n]:(file)

Symbol

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n

  1. (IPA) voiced alveolar nasal.
    (superscript âŸĻâŋâŸĐ) nasal release (of any articulation), prenasalization, [n]-coloring or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [n] – see also âŋ.
  2. (statistics) Sample size.
  3. (physics) neutron.
    Coordinate terms: p, e
  4. (mathematics) An arbitrary natural number.
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Other representations of N:

Further reading

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English

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N, plural ns or n's)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.
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Number

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n (lower case, upper case N, plural ns or n's)

  1. The fourteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Abbreviations.

Noun

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n

  1. Abbreviation of north.
    Alternative forms: n., N
  2. (grammar) Abbreviation of noun.
    Alternative form: n.
  3. (organic chemistry) normal
  4. Neutral
  5. No
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Adjective

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n

  1. (grammar) Abbreviation of neuter (gender).
    Alternative form: n.
Translations
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Conjunction

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n

  1. Contraction of and, chiefly used in set phrases.
    Alternative form: 'n'

Aromanian

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Preposition

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n

  1. alternative form of ÃĢn

Azerbaijani

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme) IPA(key): [n]
  • (letter name) IPA(key): [neː], [nÉŊː]

Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Etymology 2

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Abbreviation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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n

  1. abbreviation of iyun (“June”)
Usage notes
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Used to prevent the mishearing of iyun (“June”) as iyul (“July”); see also l.

Bambara

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Pronoun

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n

  1. I

Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ene/, [eĖž.neĖž]

Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called ene and written in the Latin script.

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called ena, ene or en and written in the Latin script.

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Central Mazahua

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. A letter of the Central Mazahua alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Chinese

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Pronunciation

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Numeral

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n

  1. alternative spelling of N

Czech

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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  • Previous letter: m
  • Next letter: o

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Egyptian

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight âĩ (n, “of”) and Proto-Semitic *lV-, whence Hebrew ŨœÖ°Öū (lə-, “to, for, of”) and Arabic ؄ؐ؀ (li-, “to, for, belonging to”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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n
  1. to, for (dative)
  2. in the direction of, towards
  3. (of time) for, until
  4. because of
  5. used idiomatically with certain verbs
Inflection
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Alternative forms
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Before a noun it can be written thus:

This should not be confused with the negative particle, which is written identically.

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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n
  1. abbreviation of nj (“of, belonging to (genitival adjective)”)

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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n
Z2
 pl
 1. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun
  1. we, us (see usage notes)
Usage notes
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This form of pronoun is an enclitic that must directly follow the word it modifies. Its meaning depends on its context:

  • When it follows a verb, it indicates the object of the verb.
  • In the second and third person when it follows an adjective, it forms the subject of an adjectival sentence.
  • When it follows a relative adjective, such as ntj, ntt, or jsáđŊ, it indicates the subject of the relative clause (usually only in the first person singular and third person common).
  • When it follows an imperative, it indicates the subject or the object of the verb.
  • When it follows a particle like m.k, it indicates the subject of the clause.
  • When attached to a preposition, it indicates the object of the preposition.
Inflection
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Old Egyptian personal pronouns
number first person second person third person
masculine feminine masculine feminine
suffix pronouns singular ∅, .j .k, .kj1 .áđŊ, .áđŊn .f, .fj1 .s, .sj1
dual .nj .áđŊnj .snj
plural .n .áđŊn .sn
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns singular w, wj, wy kw, k, áđŊw, áđŊ áđŊm, áđŊn sw, s s
dual — áđŊnj snj
plural n áđŊn sn
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns singular jnk áđŊwt áđŊmt swt stt
dual — — ntsnj
plural — ntáđŊn ntsn, jntsn
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings singular .kj, .k .tj, .t ∅, .j .tj, .t
dual — .tjwn .wy, .wj .ty
plural .wn, .nw ∅, .w, .y, .wy .tj, .t

1 Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.

Middle Egyptian personal pronouns
number first person second person third person
masculine feminine masculine feminine
suffix pronouns singular ∅, .j .k, .kj1 .áđŊ, .t .f, .fj1 .s, .sj1
dual2 .nj .áđŊnj, .tnj .snj
plural .n .áđŊn, .tn .sn, .w3
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns singular wj, w áđŊw, tw áđŊn, tn sw, st sj, s, st
plural n áđŊn, tn sn, st
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns singular jnk ntk, áđŊwt2 ntáđŊ, ntt, áđŊwt2 ntf, swt2 nts, swt2
plural jnn3 ntáđŊn, nttn ntsn
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings singular .kw .tj, .t, .tw3 ∅, .w .tj, .t, .tw3
plural .wn, .wjn .tjwn, .tjwnj ∅, .w, .y
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns3 singular tw.j tw.k tw.t sw sj, st
plural tw.n tw.tn st

1 Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.
2 Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.
3 Only in postclassical (Neo-Middle Egyptian) texts.

Late Egyptian personal pronouns
number first person second person third person
masculine feminine masculine feminine
suffix pronouns singular ∅, .j .k, .kw .t .f, .fj .s, .st, .sw
plural .n .tn, .twn .w, .sn1
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns1 singular wj tw, tj sw, st
plural n, wn twn sn, st
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns singular jnk mntk, mtwk mntt, mtwy mntf mntst, mntjst
plural jnn mnttn mntw
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings1 singular .kw, .k .tj, .tw ∅, .w, .y .tj, .tw
plural .nw .tn ∅, .w, .y
unmarked2 ∅, .tw
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns singular tw.j tw.k tw.t sw st, sw
plural tw.n tw.tn st, sw, swt

1 Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.
2 Later form.

Alternative forms
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References

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  1. ^ Hoch, James (1997), Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 15
  2. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995), Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 47

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called no and written in the Latin script.

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Further reading

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Estonian

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Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia et

Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called enn and written in the Latin script.

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Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German, and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and n for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

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  • (sound): IPA(key): /n/
    • (before a velar consonant) IPA(key): [ŋ]

Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called ÃĪn or en and written in the Latin script.

Noun

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n

  1. abbreviation of naiset (“ladies”), used to mark toilets and similar installations to be for women only
    Synonyms: naiset, (rare) rouvat
    Antonyms: m, miehet, (rare) herrat

Derived terms

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compounds

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French

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’IngÃĐnieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
      Avec ces propos et d’autres semblables, le pauvre gentilhomme perdait le jugement. Il passait les nuits et se donnait la torture pour les comprendre, pour les approfondir, pour leur tirer le sens des entrailles, ce qu’Aristote lui-mÊme n’aurait pu faire, s’il fÃŧt ressuscitÃĐ tout exprÃĻs pour cela.
      With these passages and other similar ones, the poor gentleman lost his judgement. He spent his nights and tortured himself to understand them, to consider them more deeply, to take from them their deepest meaning, which Aristotle himself would not have been able to do, had he been resurrected for that very purpose.

Fula

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

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German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Letter

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n n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Noun

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n n (strong, genitive n, plural n or ns)

  1. alternative letter-case form of N
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Declension of n [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das n die n, ns
genitive eines des n der n, ns
dative einem dem n den n, ns
accusative ein das n die n, ns

Etymology 2

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Article

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n

  1. nonstandard form of 'n
    • 1984, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Ein UnglÞcksfall: Roman, page 172:
      „Hat uns vorhin so n Mensch von der Dingsbums gebracht.“ „Von der Kultusgemeinde.“ Avrom hebt zwinkernd die Augen vom Buch; er lÃĪchelt. Muß ne anrÞhrende Stelle gewesen sein, was er da grade liest. „Was heißt ‚so n Mensch‘.“
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1999, Regula Schmidlin, Wie Deutschschweizer Kinder schreiben und erzÃĪhlen lernen:
      [â€Ķ] also die Geschichte hab ich genannt (ÃĪh) die Froschsuche weil da war so n Junge und mit em Hund und die haben dauernd ihren Frosch immer angeguckt im Wasser und dann einmal in der Nacht is er weggehÞpft [â€Ķ]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2012, Gustav Falke, Die Kinder Aus Ohlsens Gang, page 92:
      ÂŧWenn ick de jungen LÞd nich harr und de Kinner – so n Mann, Herr Lehrer, so n Mann! aber ick hev en nu. He schall mi mol Muck seggn. Rut smiet ick em.ÂŦ ÂŧDas lassen Sie nur lieber nach, Frau KrahnstÃķver. [â€Ķ] ÂŦ
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2014, Manuel Mayer, Schwule Akten: Fußballstar und Tennisprofi geoutet, HimmelstÞrmer Verlag, page 58:
      Und da Sex Sponsoren anzieht, wÞrde so n Kerl ein so großes Medienecho hervorrufen, sodass wir noch Jahrhunderte davon hÃķren wÞrden ...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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  • “n”, in Digitales WÃķrterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)

Ghomara

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Berber, from Proto-Afroasiatic.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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n

  1. genitive preposition
    1. of, -'s (possession, association or material)
    2. from (used to indicate origin)
    3. used to indicate an amount
      juj n lefrank ― two frank

Usage notes

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Nouns following this preposition are placed in the annexed state.

References

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  • Mourigh, Khalid (2015) A Grammar of Ghomara Berber (Thesis)‎[2], Leiden

Gothic

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Romanization

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n

  1. romanization of ðŒ―

Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Etymology

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From African origin. Cognate with Kabuverdianu n.

Pronoun

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n

  1. I (first person singular)

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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Contraction of nou, from French nous.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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n

  1. contraction of nou

References

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  • TargÃĻte, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary[3], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 134

Haruai

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Pronoun

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n

  1. I

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  • Jef Verschueren, Pragmatics at Issue: Selected Papers (1991, →ISBN)
  • Bernard Comrie, Maria Polinsky, Causatives and Transitivity (1993, →ISBN, page 317: Haruai has a serial verb construction, in which all verbs but the last take no inflections whatsoever (the only instance in Haruai where a verb can appear inflectionless), as in (3): n dw rÃķbÃķ p-n-a I go water get-FUT(-1SG)-DEC

Hawaiian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ˈnuː/
  • (phoneme) /n/

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The tenth letter of the Hawaiian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈn]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈɛnː]

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called enn and written in the Latin script.
  2. character as a unit of measurement (one of the basic elements making up a text file or string)
    Synonyms: karakter, leÞtÃĐs, betÅąhely

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Possessive forms of n
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. n-em n-jeim
2nd person sing. n-ed n-jeid
3rd person sing. n-je n-jei
1st person plural n-Þnk n-jeink
2nd person plural n-etek n-jeitek
3rd person plural n-jÞk n-jeik

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Further reading

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  • n in GÃĐza BÃĄrczi, LÃĄszlÃģ OrszÃĄgh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv ÃĐrtelmező szÃģtÃĄra [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: AkadÃĐmiai KiadÃģ, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɛn(ː)] (letter name)

Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Ido

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Pronunciation

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  • (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /n/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ne/

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /n/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ɛn/

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Etymology 2

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From English n (“shortening of and”).

Conjunction

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n

  1. (text messaging, slang) abbreviation of dan
    Synonym: dn

Irish

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Isoko

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Isoko alphabet, written in the Latin script.

References

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  • E. O. Agbada et al, Vbuhrášđ áŧĪmáŧĨˁbáŧrÃĄ Isoko (Teach Yourself Isoko), first published 2008, revised edition 2017, page 8, 10
  • Onyerioma Isaac Itegolor, Isoko Wha Dooo...! Book 2 (Operation Speak Your Language), Revised Standard Edition (2015), page 1
  • Joe Okedi, Abidi Isoko Na Kpobi, 2020

Italian

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Letter

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n f or m (lower case, upper case N, invariable)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Italian alphabet, called enne and written in the Latin script.

Japanese

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Romanization

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n

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ん
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ãƒģ

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From African origin.

Pronoun

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n

  1. I (first person singular)

Kabyle

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Berber, from Proto-Afroasiatic.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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n

  1. genitive preposition
    1. of, -'s (possession, association or material)
      abrid n taddart ― the road of the village
      tamurt n baba ― my father's country
      lkettan n taduáđ­ ― wool fabric (literally, “fabric of wool”)
    2. from (used to indicate origin)
    3. son of, daughter of (used to indicate a child and parent relationship)
    4. indicates an amount

Usage notes

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Nouns following this preposition are placed in the annexed state.

References

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  • Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal[4], retrieved 2025
  • Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, AlgÃĐrie (in French), Paris, France

Kankanaey

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tagalog n. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English n.

Pronunciation

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  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ʔen/ [ʔen]
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /n/ [n]

Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

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References

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  • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016), Ortograpiya di KankanaÃŦy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎[5] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Kashubian

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Etymology

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The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and n for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Khiamniungan Naga

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Etymology

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The Khiamniungan Naga language is presently written using the Latin alphabet. No indigenous or alternative script has been documented from earlier periods in the language's history. For a detailed description of the writing system's conventions including vowel and Consonant representation, tone marking (such as the use of h for glottal, the letter Þ is pronounced ə), and orthographic rules, see the Wikipedia article on the Khiamniungan alphabet.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. (Patsho) The eleventh letter of the Khiamniungan Naga alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Pronunciation guide

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Uppercase IPA Canonical Pronunciation Phonetic examples in English Phonetic examples in Khiamniungan Naga
A a aa father āmpāu(pastor)
Ch tʃʰ tʃʰə chair, watch chām(book)
E ɛ a bed, elephant ēm(colony of Jhumland)
H h hə husband hĮ–hÊi(hello)
I i ee beet ÃŪe(winnowing tray)
J tʃ tʃə picture, culture, nature jām(house)
K k kə sky, skip kēu(uncle)
Kh kʰ kʰə canoe, Cost, cat khÃĻu(head)
L l lə alone lāi(spear)
M m mə money màu(ant)
N n nə nine, never nÃēk
Ng ŋ ŋə sing, throng ngēm(news)
Ny Éē Éēə canyon, bunyan nyÃđ(mother)
O ɔ ɔ orange ÃīnyÃđ(sky)
P P pə spill, span pÃēu(father)
Ph pʰ pʰə pound phōh(hand)
S ʃ ʃə sound sā(liver)
Sh ʃʰ ʃʰə shine shām(mat)
T t tə stop, stand tÃēuh(wild pig)
Th tʰ tʰə Thomas thoi(pumking)
Ts ts tsə cats, hats, pizza tsēm(salt)
Tsh Tsʰ Tsʰə tshep(kiss) tshō(traditional basket)
U Ɗ, u Ɗ, u look, hoop Ãŧo(goat)
Ü ə ə banana chĮ–lÃĄm
V v və very vÃĻu(chicken)
W w wə watt wā(flour)
Y j jə yellow yÃēh(pig)
Glottal(h) is used at the end of the word ʔ ʔ stop Mountain, button, cotton chāh(through)

Korean

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Numeral

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n â€Ē (en)

  1. alternative spelling of N (en)

Ladin

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Article

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n

  1. a (+ masculine noun)

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Latin

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. A letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script, representing the sound /n/.

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Latvian

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Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lv

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Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. MÄŦlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Latvian alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

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Livonian

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Luxembourgish

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Luxembourgish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Malay

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Maltese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /n/
  • IPA(key): /m/ (by assimilation to a following labial)
  • IPA(key): /n/, [ŋ] (by assimilation to a following velar)

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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n

  1. nonstandard spelling of ń
  2. nonstandard spelling of ň
  3. nonstandard spelling of Įđ

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Māori

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The tenth letter of the Māori alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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North Frisian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [n], (in ng, nk) [ŋ], (syllabic) [nĖĐ], [Å‹Ė], [mĖĐ]

Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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  • As in German, the unstressed syllable âŸĻenâŸĐ usually becomes syllabic [nĖĐ], which further assimilates to preceding stop consonants as [kÅ‹Ė], [ÉĄÅ‹Ė], [pmĖĐ], [bmĖĐ].

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Norwegian

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name): IPA(key): /enː/, /ɛnː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /n/, (in rn) /Éģ/, (in ng and nk) /ŋ/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Norwegian BokmÃĨl

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Norwegian BokmÃĨl alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Noun

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n m (definite singular n-en, indefinite plural n-er, definite plural n-ene)

  1. the letter N

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Letter

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Norwegian Nynorsk alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Noun

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n m (definite singular n-en, indefinite plural n-ar, definite plural n-ane)

  1. the letter N

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Nupe

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Oromo

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Pronunciation

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  • Syllables - na, Count - 1

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n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Oromo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Polish

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Etymology

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    The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and n for development of the glyph itself.

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    n (lower case, upper case N)

    1. The eighteenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

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    Portuguese

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    Etymology 1

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    n m (lower case, upper case N)

    1. The fourteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Etymology 2

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    Adverb

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    n

    1. (Internet slang, text messaging) abbreviation of nÃĢo (“not”)
      eu n sei ― I don't know.

    Noun

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    n m (invariable)

    1. (Internet slang, text messaging) abbreviation of nÃĢo (“no”)

    Interjection

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    n

    1. (Internet slang, text messaging) abbreviation of nÃĢo (“no”)

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    Romani

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    n (lower case, upper case N)

    1. (International Standard) The eighteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    2. (Pan-Vlax) The nineteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Romanian

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    n (lower case, upper case N)

    1. The seventeenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called en, ne or nÃŪ and written in the Latin script.

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    Saterland Frisian

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    Alternative forms

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ən/
    • Hyphenation: n

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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    n

    1. unstressed form of aan, een; a, an
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    • When followed by an adjective and modifying a feminine noun, the form ne may be used.

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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    n

    1. unstressed form of dÃĪn

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    • Marron C. Fort (2015), Saterfriesisches WÃķrterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN, page 779

    Scottish Gaelic

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    Letter

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    n (lower case, upper case N)

    1. The twelfth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by m and followed by o; traditionally named nuin (“ash”).

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    Senhaja de Srair

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Berber, from Proto-Afroasiatic.

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    n (Tifinagh spelling âĩ)

    1. possession, association or material
      1. of, -'s (possession or association)
        D axyam n temÉĢart. ― That's the house of the woman.
      2. from (used to indicate origin)
      3. son of, daughter of (indicates a relationship child and parent)
      4. indicates an amount
        Ɣur-i rebɛa n temwatin. ― I have four cows.

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    Nouns following this preposition are placed in the annexed state.

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    • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary[6], retrieved 2025
    • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[7], Paris, France: HAL

    Serbo-Croatian

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    n (lower case, upper case N, Cyrillic equivalent Ð―)

    1. The nineteenth letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet (gajica), written in the Latin script; preceded by m and followed by nj.

    Silesian

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    Etymology

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    The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. 3 main scripts exist, the Steuer Alphabet made in 1934, the Silesian Phonetic Alphabet in 2006, and the Elementary alphabet made in the late 2000s. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and n for development of the glyph itself.

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    n (lower case, upper case N)

    1. The seventeenth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Skolt Sami

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    n (lower case, upper case N)

    1. The twenty-second letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Slovak

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    n (lower case, upper case N)

    1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Spanish

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    n (lower case, upper case N)

    1. The fourteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    Swedish

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    n (lower case, upper case N)

    1. The fourteenth letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Tagalog

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    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Spanish n. Each pronunciation has a different source:

    • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English n.
    • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜈ (na).
    • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish n.

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    • (Standard Tagalog)
      • IPA(key): /ˈʔen/ [ˈʔɛnĖŠ] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
      • IPA(key): /ˈna/ [ˈnĖŠa] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
        • Rhymes: -a
      • IPA(key): /ˈʔene/ [ˈʔɛː.nĖŠÉ›] (letter name, Abecedario)
      • IPA(key): /n/ [nĖŠ] (phoneme)

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    n (lower case, upper case N)

    1. the fourteenth letter of the Filipino alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script
    2. the eleventh letter of the Abakada alphabet, called na and written in the Latin script
    3. (historical) the sixteenth letter of the Abecedario, called ene and written in the Latin script
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    Etymology 2

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    From the Abakada alphabet letter n being pronounced as na.

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    n (Baybayin spelling ᜈ) (text messaging)

    1. abbreviation of na

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    • “n”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

    Tarifit

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Berber, from Proto-Afroasiatic.

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    • (Nador) IPA(key): [n]
    • Syllabification: n

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    n (Tifinagh spelling âĩ)

    1. genitive preposition
      1. of, -'s (possession, association or material)
        D taddart n temÉĢart. ― That's the house of the woman.
      2. from (used to indicate origin)
        Neccin d tiáļĨenjirin n Arrif ― We're girls from the Rif.
      3. son of, daughter of (used to indicate a child and parent relationship)
        D Mimun n Ɛmar ― That's Mimoun son of Omar.
      4. used to indicate an amount
        Ɣar-i arbɛa n tfunasin ― I have four cows.

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    Nouns following this preposition are placed in the annexed state.

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    Inflection of n
    singular plural
    1st person inu nneÉĢ
    2nd person m nnec nwem
    f nnem nkent, ncent
    3rd person m nnes nsen
    f nsent

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    Tashelhit

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit Ø§Ų† (en), from Proto-Berber *Įn. Cognate with Ghadames, Ghomara, and Tarifit n (“genitive preposition”).

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      n (Tifinagh spelling âĩ, Arabic spelling Ų†)

      1. genitive preposition
        1. of, -'s (possession, association or material)
        2. from (used to indicate origin)
        3. used to indicate an amount

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      Nouns following this preposition are placed in the annexed state.

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      • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbÃĻre tacheláļĨiyt-français — Tome 3 M–Š (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/3) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN

      Tlingit

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      n (lower case, upper case N)

      1. A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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      Tonga (Zambia)

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      Pronoun

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      n

      1. I (first-person singular pronoun)
        Synonym: ndi

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      Tonga personal pronouns
      Personal Emphatic Possessive Separable
      1st person sing. n, ndi mebo -angu ndime
      1st person plural tu swebo -esu ndiswe
      2nd person mu nyebo -enu ndinywe
      3rd person ba aaba -abo aaba

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      • Aaron Cass Harris (2013), Tonga-English English-Tonga Dictionary and Phrasebook[8], page 227

      Turkish

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      n (lower case, upper case N)

      1. The seventeenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ne and written in the Latin script.

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      Turkmen

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      n (lower case, upper case N)

      1. The sixteenth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

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      Welsh

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      n (lower case, upper case N)

      1. The eighteenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called ÃĻn and written in the Latin script; preceded by m and followed by o.

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      Mutation

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      • n cannot mutate in Welsh.

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      • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “n”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

      Xhosa

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      n (lower case, upper case N)

      1. The fourteenth letter of the Xhosa alphabet, written in the Latin script.

      Yele

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      n (lower case, upper case N)

      1. A letter of the Yele alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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      • The digraph âŸĻndâŸĐ transcribes the single consonant /âŋʈ/ [Éģɖ]
      • The digraph âŸĻngâŸĐ transcribes /ŋ/
      • The trigraph âŸĻngmâŸĐ transcribes the single consonant /Å‹ÍĄm/
      • The digraph âŸĻnjâŸĐ transcribes the single consonant /âŋtĖŠĘē/ [nĖŠdĖŠÍĄĘ‘]
      • The digraph âŸĻnkâŸĐ transcribes the single consonant /âŋk/ [Å‹ÉĄ]
      • The digraph âŸĻnmâŸĐ transcribes the single consonant /ÉģÍĄm/
      • The digraph âŸĻntâŸĐ transcribes the single consonant /âŋtĖŠ/ [nĖŠdĖŠ]

      Palatalized consonants are written âŸĻndy, nmy, nyâŸĐ (the last being /ÉģĘē/), labialized consonants as âŸĻngw, nkwâŸĐ.

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      Yoruba

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      n (lower case, upper case N)

      1. The fifteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called ní and written in the Latin script.

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      Etymology 2

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      • ín, í (ÈkÃŽtÃŽ)
      • mí (ÌjášđĖ€áđĢà, ÌjášđĖ€bÚ)

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      ń

      1. Marks the imperfective or progressive aspect, for actions that are not completed.
        Mo ń jášđun. ― I am eating; I was eating.
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      Aspect markers in Yoruba
      Aspects in Yoruba (Ajani, 2001)
      Realis Irrealis
      Unmarked (Completive) Progressive Relational Anticipative Intentional
      ∅ ń ti mÃĄa yÃģÃē Âđ
      Complex aspects
      Backgrounder Inceptive Manifestive Relevant–inceptive Habitual Expective Antecedent completion
      yÃģÃē ti Âđ yÃģÃē mÃĄa Âđ ti mÃĄa ti Å„ mÃĄa Å„ yÃģÃē ti mÃĄa Âđ ti mÃĄa Å„
      Explanatory notes (Ajani, 2001)
      Unmarked (Completive)
      The unmarked form of a verb “indicates a completed action”, e.g. mo láŧ sí ilÃĐ-ÃŽwÃĐ (“I went to school”), though with stative verbs like máŧĖ (“to know”) and wà (“to exist”), the action is expressed without particularization, e.g., as “a statement of a general character or universal truth” (Ogunbáŧwale, 1970), or without any notion of past tense. Take for example, oorÚ mÚ (“it is hot”) and mo ní ilÃĐ (“I have a house”).
      Progressive
      Termed the incompletive by Ajani (2001), this describes an action in progress, “either in the present or before the present”. The sentence wáŧĖn ń áđĢiáđĢášđˁ could be translated as “they are busy working” or “they were busy working”.
      Relational
      This aspect “describes an event or activity that is not complete, with reference to an ongoing event”. Though it may represent an action that has already taken place, the suggestion is that the relevance or effect of said action is still ongoing. The sentence ášđ ti jášđun may be translated as “you have eaten” or “you ate” — but it implies that the consequence of eating (e.g., being full) is still relevant, relative to some other current activity. Ajani (2001) notes that “although the activity of eating has taken place sometime before the moment of speech, its effect is still being felt and is still considered incomplete with reference to [an]other activity or event at the moment of utterance”. Previous studies have inaccurately characterised ti as a marker of perfective aspect. AdÃĐwáŧlÃĐ (1991) demonstrates that ti, as a relational marker, can be strung together with other markers to express a sequential relationship between events.
      WáŧĖn Ãē tí ÃŽ jí.
      They haven’t woken up.
      Anticipative
      This aspect describes an activity “that is non-existent but likely to take place”, and can be used in “predicting, planning, or speculation”. It can be translated as “will”, “might” or “have plans to”, expressing anticipation of a possible future event or action.
      Intentional
      Like the anticipative, yÃģÃē is mainly used to refer to actions in the future, though it differs from mÃĄa in that it expresses an intention to do something. It “denotes that the speaker has control over the performance of the activity in question, and has weighed all the options before making the decision”. Note that yÃģÃē cannot be used after regular pronouns, the subject must be an emphatic pronoun like ÃĻmi or Ãēun.
      ášļĖ€yin yÃģÃē wÃĄ kí wa láŧĖla.
      You intend to come and visit us tomorrow.
      Backgrounder
      Provides “a background to another action that is yet to take place. [â€Ķ] the backgrounder aspect operates within the main clause to provide a background to the event described in the subordinate clause that is introduced by 'kí' (before).”
      Àwa yÃģÃē ti láŧ kí ášđ tÃģ padà.
      We will have left before you return.
      Inceptive
      Describes “an activity that is yet to begin but which the speaker has decided to embark upon shortly [â€Ķ] There is an anticipation, informed by a decision, to embark upon the process of leaving the place of utterance”. This aspect is somewhat similar to the intentional yÃģÃē, but it suggests that the subject of the sentence has made a decision to do something in the near future.
      Èmi yÃģÃē mÃĄa láŧ.
      I will be leaving any time from now.
      Manifestive
      This sequence “describes an activity that would have started prior to another one”. In the manifestive, “the activity is expected to have begun and be ongoing before the second event takes place”. There is also an intention or expectation, by the speaker, to have already started doing something “by the time the subject of the second clause arrives on the scene”.
      A ti mÃĄa láŧ kí o tÃģ dÃĐ.
      We will have left before you arrive.
      Relevant–inceptive
      This “describes an activity that has or had just started but is or was still on-going before another one”. The activity, “though begun prior to the moment of speech, still has relevance and effect at the moment of speech”.
      WáŧĖn ti ń sÃđn kí a tÃģ dÃĐ ilÃĐ.
      They had already gone to bed and were sleeping before we got home.
      In this sentence, the “act of sleeping carried on into the moment of speech” and “probably was interrupted with the arrival of the persons in the second clause”.
      Habitual
      The habitual aspect in Yoruba “describes an activity that was performed on a regular basis prior to the present or is continually performed on a regular basis. It refers to a habitual event or activity, either in a timeless frame or in a past frame”. It may be analysed as the habitual aspect in the past tense, or without any “specific time frame of reference”.
      Expective
      This “describes an activity that will have begun and still be ongoing before another one takes place”, and may be analysed as a combination of the backgrounder and anticipative aspects. While “the backgrounder deals with an event that would have begun and have been completed before another event, the expective deals with an event that would have begun and would still be ongoing before a second event takes place”. This aspect is similar to the manifestive, but there is a “sense of certainty” that the manifestive lacks.
      Ìwáŧ yÃģÃē ti mÃĄa kàwÃĐ kí a tÃģ jí.
      You will have been reading before we wake up.
      Antecedent completion
      This aspect “describes an action that used to have been completed, on a regular basis, prior to another activity”, and may be seen as the addition of incompleteness (ń) to the manifestive aspect (ti mÃĄa), or relationality (ti) to the habitual aspect (mÃĄa ń). While “the manifestive describes an activity that would have started prior to another one, the antecedent completion describes an activity or event that took place regularly before another one over a period of time prior to the moment of utterance”.
      WáŧĖn ti mÃĄa ń jášđun tÃĄn kí a tÃģ láŧ.
      They used to have finished eating before we left.
      Tense and aspect in Yoruba (Ogunbáŧwale, 1970)
      Primary Relational
      Unmarked Habitual Progressive–continuous Fixed beginning Fixed end
      Present–past ∅ mÃĄa Å„
      a mÃĄa
      ń
      ń ti Å„ ti Âģ
      ti mÃĄa Å„ âī
      a ti mÃĄa âī
      Future yÃģÃē Âđ
      Ãģ
      mÃĄa
      ÃĄ
      — yÃģÃē mÃĄa Âđ
      Ãģ mÃĄa
      ÃĄ mÃĄa
      yÃģÃē ti mÃĄa Âđ
      Ãģ ti mÃĄa
      ÃĄ ti mÃĄa
      yÃģÃē ti Âđ
      Ãģ ti
      ÃĄ ti
      Negative constructions (Adebayo, 2021)
      Primary Relational
      Unmarked Habitual Fixed beginning Fixed end Âē
      Present–past kÃē Âē kÃŽ Ã­ âĩ
      kÃŽ Ã­ mÃĄa âĩ
      kÃē Å„ Âē
      kÃē mÃĄa Å„ Âē
      — kÃē ÃŽ Âģ
      kÃē tí ÃŽ Âģ âĩ
      kÃē ÃŽ tí ÃŽ Âģ âĩ
      kÃē ti Å„ âī
      kÃē ti mÃĄa Å„ âī
      Future kÃē níí Âē
      kÃŽ yÃģÃē Âđ
      kÃŽ Ãģ
      kÃŽ yÃģÃē mÃĄa Âđ kÃŽ yÃģÃē tí ÃŽ mÃĄa Âđ âĩ
      kÃē níí tí ÃŽ mÃĄa Âē âĩ
      kÃŽ yÃģÃē tí ÃŽ Âđ âĩ
      kÃē ÃŽ
      kÃē ÃŽ níí
      kÃē níí tí ÃŽ âĩ
      kÃē tí ÃŽ níí âĩ
      Footnotes
      1. yÃģÃģ, yíÃē and yíÃģ are alternative forms of yÃģÃē. Note that if a pronoun comes before yÃģÃē, that pronoun must be emphatic.
      2. Ãē is an alternative form of kÃē, often used after personal pronouns.
      3. Treated as representations of the “perfective unmarked” aspect in BamgboáđĢe (2000) and completive aspect in Ogunbáŧwale (1970). This aspect is termed “relational” by AdÃĐwáŧlÃĐ (1991) and Ajani (2010) in their analyses.
      4. According to Ogunbáŧwale (1970), these are used to “describe a habitual action in the past but one which has ceased to exist”. This is analogous to the aspect of “antecedent completion” in the analysis by Ajani (2010).
      5. kÎ í and tí Î are sometimes written without spaces: kÎí and tíÎ.
      References
      • Adebayo, T. A. (2021), “YorÃđbÃĄ Sentential Negative Markers”, in Studies in African Linguistics, volume 50, number 1, →DOI, pages 140–166
      • AdÃĐwáŧlÃĐ, L. O. (1991), “Aspect and Phase Systems in Yoruba”, in Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, volume 14, pages 1–20
      • Ajani, Timothy Temiláŧla (2001), Aspect in Yoruba and Nigerian English, University of Florida dissertation
      • BamgboáđĢe, Ayáŧ (2000), A Grammar of Yoruba, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
      • Ogunbáŧwale, P. O. (1970), The Essentials of the Yoruba Language, London: University of London Press, →ISBN, →OCLC

      Etymology 3

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      Compare with Igbo m

      Alternative forms

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      Pronunciation

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      Pronoun

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      n˄ or n

      1. alternative form of mo (“I”) (used in negative or future sentences, or with kí)

      Zulu

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      Letter

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      n (lower case, upper case N)

      1. The fourteenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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