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Japanese
Etymology 1
Regular adverbial form of ない (nai), when used as either a verb suffix or as the plain negative of the copula だ (da).
Pronunciation
Adverb
なく • (naku)
- adverbial or continuative form of ない (nai)
See also
Etymology 2
The reading of various verbs.
| For pronunciation and definitions of なく – see the following entries.
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- (of an animal) to call, to make noise; e.g., a bird's singing
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(This term, なく (naku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as なく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as なく.)
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