-n-

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-n-

1. Used with certain suffixes, such as -ian and -ese, when the base word ends in a vowel that is not readily elided.

   Panamanian, Torontonian

   Shanghainese, Balinese

2. (pharmacology) Alternative form of -ner-.

• -n

-n-

1. 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).

-n-

1. Used to break up certain vowel sequences, for euphonic reasons.

   javanais ― Javanese

• -en-

-n-

1. 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”)

• -s-, -es-

-n-

1. Infix used to denote an action (not lasting); becomes -m- in front of b, m, p

   ‎accubō (“I lie”) + ‎-n- → ‎accumbō (“I recline, lie down”)

2. Infix used to denote a lasting action; becomes -m- in front of b, m, p

   ‎iugō (“I tie”) + ‎-n- → ‎iungō (“I tie for a long time”)

   ‎coniugō (“I tie firmly”) + ‎-n- → ‎coniungō (“I tie firmly for a long time”)

• IPA^(key): /-n-/

-n-

1. 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.

   łeesʼáán = łeezh + siʼą́ + -n- + -í

   sáanii = są́ + -n- + -ii

• -ł-
• -s-
• -sh-

Derived from Proto-Slavic *-ьn-. Compare glåvnĕ from Proto-Slavic *golvьnъ.

-n-

1. forms adjectives from nouns

   glåvă + -n- → glåvnĕ

   trai̯vă̯ + -n- → trai̯vnĕ

   lai̯cår + -n- → lai̯cernĕ

• -en-

• Kazimierz Polański (2010) Jan Okuniewski, editor, Gramatyka języka połabskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Katowice: Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, page 149

• IPA^(key): /n/

-n-

1. used as a linking consonant between two vowels, usually between a stem and a suffix

   ‎bi- + ‎-n- + ‎ocular (“ocular”) → ‎binocular (“binocular, using two eyes or viewpoints”)

   ‎Rousseau + ‎-n- + ‎-ismo (“-ism”) → ‎rousseaunismo (“Rousseauism”)

• -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⟩.

From -ng (enclitic suffix).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /n/ [n̪]

-n- (Baybayin spelling ᜈ᜔)

1. 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⟩.

   Synonyms: -ng-, -g-, -m-, na, -ng, -g

   ‎isa + ‎-n- + ‎daan → ‎sandaan

   ‎labi + ‎-n- + ‎lima → ‎labinlima

   ‎bago + ‎-n- + ‎sakop + ‎-in → ‎bagunsakupin

   ‎libo + ‎-n- + ‎taon → ‎libuntaon

-n-

1. thematic consonant for the words that have one syllable and ending with vowel sound (su is an irregular word)

   onu, ona, bunu, buna, şunu, şuna, onda, bunda, şunda, ondan, bundan, şundan

   that (accusative), this (accusative), to/at/on/in/from this/that, it (accusative)/her/him, to/at/on/in/from it/her/him

2. Thematic consonant between the third person possessive suffix -i and case endings.

   iş yerinden, birinci dünya savaşında

   from workplace, in World War 1

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ǹ-. Cognate with Chichewa -ndi-

-n-

1. 1st person singular object concord.

The infix undergoes euphonic changes and thus changes letters in different forms like -m-