negu
See also: neĝu
Basque
Etymology
Unknown,[1] perhaps from Occitan nèu (“snow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neɡu/ [ne.ɣ̞u]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eɡu, -u
- Hyphenation: ne‧gu
Noun
negu inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | negu | negua | neguak |
| ergative | neguk | neguak | neguek |
| dative | neguri | neguari | neguei |
| genitive | neguren | neguaren | neguen |
| comitative | negurekin | neguarekin | neguekin |
| causative | negurengatik | neguarengatik | neguengatik |
| benefactive | negurentzat | neguarentzat | neguentzat |
| instrumental | neguz | neguaz | neguez |
| inessive | negutan | neguan | neguetan |
| locative | negutako | neguko | neguetako |
| allative | negutara | negura | neguetara |
| terminative | negutaraino | neguraino | neguetaraino |
| directive | negutarantz | negurantz | neguetarantz |
| destinative | negutarako | negurako | neguetarako |
| ablative | negutatik | negutik | neguetatik |
| partitive | negurik | — | — |
| prolative | negutzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- negu beltz
- negu gorri
- negu min
- negu-parte
- negu-txori
- negualde
- negualdi
- neguantz (“autumn, fall”)
- neguburu
- neguero (“every winter”)
- neguta
- negutar
- negute
- negutegi
- negutu
See also
References
- ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “negu”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 296
Further reading
- “negu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “negu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Lithuanian
Etymology
From nè (“no”) + -gu (“emphatic particle”). Compare jéigu (“if”),[1] Czech než (“than”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nʲɛˈɡʊ/
Conjunction
negù
See also
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “negù”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 419,
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*neže”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 352
Further reading
- “negu”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- “negu”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025
- Vytautas Ambrazas (2006) Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, →ISBN, pages 681, 751
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
negu (Cyrillic spelling негу)
- accusative singular of nega