ne-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ne"
Cahuilla edit
Prefix edit
ne-
- I. First person singular pronoun added to a verb to show its subject.
- My. First person singular possessive pronoun added to a noun to show its possessor.
Chuukese edit
Prefix edit
ne-
- to look
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
ne-
- used to negate verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Akin to un-, non-, im-, ir-
- Mám hlad. (“I am hungry.”) → Nemám hlad. (“I am not hungry.”)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- ne- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
ne-
- non- (Used to negate some words.)
Usage notes edit
- ne- as an affix is less common than mal-, and is sometimes synonymous with it, but it can be used to signify the negative or absence of the root when this is different from its opposite, or when the root does not have a meaningful opposite. For example, neamiko (“non-friend”) suggests a stranger or acquaintance, as opposed to malamiko (“enemy”). For another example, nevidebla (“invisible”) is more idiomatic than *malvidebla because the latter would suggest something that one can "unsee" (kiun oni povas *malvidi), rather than something that cannot be seen (kiu ne estas videbla).
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Prefix form of ne.
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
ne-
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Latin ne (“not”) in compositions.
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
ne-
- absolutely negates the principal meaning
Quotations edit
"Nōmen nesciō" (N.N.) – I don't know the name, John Doe
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Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From the same stem as the general negative particle nē (“no”).
Prefix edit
ne-
- Used on all verb forms to form the negative version of that form (runāju (“I speak”), nerunāju (“I don't speak”)), as well as on nouns and adjectives to indicate negation (like Latin in-, im-; English un-; or Russian не- (ne-)).
Derived terms edit
Lithuanian edit
Etymology edit
From the same stem as the general negative particle ne (“no”).
Prefix edit
ne-
- Used on all verb forms to form the negative version of that form, as well as on nouns, adjectives and adverbs to indicate negation.
Derived terms edit
Northern Kurdish edit
Prefix edit
ne-
- forms the negative subjunctive mood of verbs.
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“no, not”). Akin to Old English ne (“not”).
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
ne-
- not
- neom ― am not
- næs ― was not
- nǣron ― were not
- nic ― not me
- nǣniġ ― no one, none, not any, no (adj.)
- nealles ― not at all, by no means
- nefne ― unless, except, not even
- nabban ― to not have
- nāgan ― to not owe, not own
- nǣfre ― never
- nyllan ― to not want, refuse
- ne- + witan (“to know”) → nytan (“to not know”)
- ne- + wāt (“I know”) → nāt (“I do not know”)
- ne- + witen (“known”) → nyten (“ignorant”)
Usage notes edit
- Often syncopated to n-.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin ne- and borrowed from Old Church Slavonic не- (ne-).
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
ne-
- un-; de- (attached to past participles, gerundives and some adjectives to negate them)
- ne- + cunoscut (“known”) → necunoscut (“unknown”)
- ne- + înțeles (“understood”) → neînțeles (“misunderstood”)
- ne- + prietenos (“friendly”) → neprietenos (“unfriendly”)
- ne- + folosind → nefolosind (“not using, without using”)
Derived terms edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Prefix edit
ne- (Cyrillic spelling не-)
- Prefix prepended to adjectives to create an adjective denoting a negative meaning (ne (“not”)). Akin to un-, non-, im-, ir-.