neba
See also: nɛba
Basque edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Basque *neba. Further derivation unknown, but it contains the kinship suffix -ba. Perhaps derived from anaia (“brother (of a male)”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
neba anim
Usage notes edit
The Biscayan dialect distinguishes anaia, the brother of a male; from neba, the brother of a female. This distinction is also kept in the standard language. Other dialects use anaia for both.
Declension edit
Declension of neba (animate, ending in -a)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | neba | neba | nebak |
ergative | nebak | nebak | nebek |
dative | nebari | nebari | nebei |
genitive | nebaren | nebaren | neben |
comitative | nebarekin | nebarekin | nebekin |
causative | nebarengatik | nebarengatik | nebengatik |
benefactive | nebarentzat | nebarentzat | nebentzat |
instrumental | nebaz | nebaz | nebez |
inessive | nebarengan | nebarengan | nebengan |
locative | — | — | — |
allative | nebarengana | nebarengana | nebengana |
terminative | nebarenganaino | nebarenganaino | nebenganaino |
directive | nebarenganantz | nebarenganantz | nebenganantz |
destinative | nebarenganako | nebarenganako | nebenganako |
ablative | nebarengandik | nebarengandik | nebengandik |
partitive | nebarik | — | — |
prolative | nebatzat | — | — |
Derived terms edit
- neba-arreba (“siblings”)
- nebaorde (“step-brother of a female”)
- nebatzako (“step-brother of a female”)
References edit
- ^ “neba” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading edit
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From the negative conjunction ne (“neither, nor”), with an old particle ba found also at the end of the conjunction jeb.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
neba
- (dated, today usually nevis, ne, vai) not, not in order to, or else, lest
- cilvēka ķermenis radīts kustībai, neba bezmērķīgai zvilnēšanai ― the human body is designed to move, not to loll aimlessly
- jāiet jau būs (skolā), neba gribi izaugt kā slotas kāts? ― (you) will have to go (to school), or do you want to grow as a broomstick (= poor)?
References edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
neba
Slavomolisano edit
Etymology edit
From Serbo-Croatian nebo.
Noun edit
neba f
Declension edit
declension of neba (series-2b fem)
References edit
- Antonietta Marra (2012), “Contact phenomena in the Slavic of Molise: some remarks about nouns and prepositional phrases” in Morphologies in Contact.
Slovak edit
Noun edit
neba