-n-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "n"
English
editEtymology
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Interfix
edit-n-
- Used with certain suffixes, such as -ian and -ese, when the base word ends in a vowel that is not readily elided.
- (pharmacology) Alternative form of -ner-.
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editDutch
editInterfix
edit-n-
- Interfix used to link elements in some compounds, sometimes short for -en-. Often used for compounds whose first word is ending in a schwa (spelt with a final e).
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editFrench
editInterfix
edit-n-
- Used to break up certain vowel sequences, for euphonic reasons.
- javanais ― Javanese
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editGerman
editAlternative forms
editInterfix
edit-n-
- Genitival interfix indicating that the former part is a characteristic of the latter.
- Dose (“can”) + -n- + Öffner (“opener”) → Dosenöffner (“can opener”)
- Tasche (“pocket”) + -n- + Uhr (“clock”) → Taschenuhr (“pocket watch”)
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editSee also
editLatin
editEtymology
editInfix
edit-n-
- Infix used to denote an action (not lasting); becomes -m- in front of b, m, p
- Infix used to denote a lasting action; becomes -m- in front of b, m, p
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editNavajo
editPronunciation
editInterfix
edit-n-
- a consonant that often appears as a ligature between the elements of a compound word. It usually comes between a final nasal vowel (ą, ę, į, ǫ) and a suffix that begins with a vowel. The nasal vowel(s) lose the nasal mark when followed by -n.
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editSee also
editPolabian
editEtymology
editDerived from Proto-Slavic *-ьn-. Compare glåvnĕ from Proto-Slavic *golvьnъ.
Suffix
edit-n-
- forms adjectives from nouns
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editReferences
edit- Kazimierz Polański (2010) Jan Okuniewski, editor, Gramatyka języka połabskiego[1] (in Polish), Katowice: Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, page 149
Portuguese
editPronunciation
editInterfix
edit-n-
- used as a linking consonant between two vowels, usually between a stem and a suffix
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editTagalog
editAlternative forms
edit- -ng- — Default interfix for compounds with preceding stem ending in a vowel.
- -g- — for compounds with preceding stem ending with letter ⟨n⟩.
- -m- — for compounds with preceding stem ending in a vowel, but next stem starts with the letter ⟨b⟩ or ⟨p⟩.
Etymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /n/ [n̪]
Interfix
edit-n- (Baybayin spelling ᜈ᜔)
- Compound interfix, connecting the adjective stem to the noun stem, after the preceding stem ends in a vowel, but next stem starts with the letter ⟨d⟩, ⟨l⟩, ⟨r⟩, ⟨s⟩, or ⟨t⟩.
Derived terms
editTurkish
editInterfix
edit-n-
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