-n-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "n"
English edit
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-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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-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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-n-
- Used to break up certain vowel sequences, for euphonic reasons.
- javanais ― Javanese
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-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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-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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-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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Polabian edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Proto-Slavic *-ьn-. Compare glåvnĕ from Proto-Slavic *golvьnъ.
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-n-
- forms adjectives from nouns
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- Kazimierz Polański (2010) Jan Okuniewski, editor, Gramatyka języka połabskiego[1] (in Polish), Katowice: Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, page 149
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-n-
- used to connect a word that ends in a nasal vowel or nasal diphthong to a suffix
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Tagalog edit
Alternative 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).
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Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /n/, [n]
- Syllabification: -n-
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-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).
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