ns
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ns"
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Translingual edit
Symbol edit
ns
- (metrology) Symbol for nanosecond, an SI unit of time equal to 10−9 seconds.
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Noun edit
ns
Usage notes edit
- Opinions vary regarding the use of apostrophes when forming the plurals of letters of the alphabet. New Fowler's Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that "after letters an apostrophe is obligatory." The 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.16, "To avoid confusion, lowercase letters ... form the plural with an apostrophe and an s". The Oxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.
Anagrams edit
Egyptian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Afroasiatic *lis- (“tongue”). Cognate with Proto-Semitic *lišān-[1] and Proto-Berber *iləs.
Pronunciation edit
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /lis/ → /lis/ → /les/ → /les/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛs/
- Conventional anglicization: nes
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ns
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Descendants edit
- Demotic: (ls)
References edit
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 36, 260.
Lingala edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
ns (upper case Ns)
- A letter of the Lingala alphabet, written in the Latin script.