inor
Basque edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Basque *enor, composed of *e- (indefinite prefix) + *nor (“who”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Pronoun edit
inor
- anyone, anybody
- Hemen ez dago inor. ― There isn't anyone here.
- Inor etorri da? ― Did anyone come?
- no one, nobody (in negative contexts)
- Inork ere ez daki erantzuna. ― No one knows the answer.
Usage notes edit
- This word is a negative polarity item, occurring in contexts such as negative sentences, questions, and conditional clauses. The only positive statements in which it corresponds to "anyone" are mostly conditionals and questions.
- The inesive, locative, allative... inanimate forms are used in the sense "no place", for example inon (“nowhere”).
Declension edit
Declension of Basque indefinite interrogative and negative pronouns
References edit
- ^ “nor” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk