N-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "n"
English
editEtymology
editAbbreviation of nitrogen.
Prefix
editN-
- (organic chemistry) the functional group that carries this prefix is attached to a nitrogen atom on the parent molecular segment
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- N (nitrogen)
Lithuanian
editEtymology
editAbbreviation of nuo (“from”), referencing the age that one must be old enough in order to watch a film.
Prefix
editN-
- (film) Used for film rating systems in Lithuania.
Derived terms
editTernate
editEtymology
editSimilar to processes found in a number of North Halmaheran languages.
Prefix
editN-
- derives nouns from verbs
- N- + ahu (“to grow”) → gahu (“a sprout”)
- N- + ciko (“crooked”) → jiko (“corner, elbow, bay”)
- N- + fesa (“wet”) → besa (“rain”)
- N- + hahe (“to pull in”) → ngahe (“high tide”)
- N- + kuraci (“yellow”) → guraci (“gold, turmeric”)
- N- + tolabane (“to take passage (on a boat, etc.)”) → dolabane (“shipload”)
- N- + waje (“to say”) → ngajengaje (“story”) (with reduplication)
- increases the transitivity of a verb
- derives a verb from a verb
- derives a noun from a noun
Usage notes
editN- behaves differently depending upon the initial phoneme of the root it is applied to.
- initial consonants f and p become b
- initial consonant t becomes d
- initial consonant k becomes g
- initial consonant c becomes j
- initial consonant h, when deriving historically from *y, becomes ny
- initial consonants h (not from historical *y) and w become ng
- initial consonants b, d, g, j, l, m, n, ng, ny r, and s remain unchanged
- vowel-initial roots with an underlying glottal stop are prefixed with g
- vowel-initial roots with no underlying glottal stop remain unchanged
References
edit- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
- Edward A. Kotynski (1995) “Glottal Stop and the Nasal Prefix in Tabaru and Other North Halmaheran Languages”, in Descriptive studies in languages of Maluku, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya