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English
Etymology
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Interfix
-n-
- 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
- (pharmacology) Alternative form of -ner-.
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Dutch
Interfix
-n-
- 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).
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French
Interfix
-n-
- Used to break up certain vowel sequences, for euphonic reasons.
- javanais ― Javanese
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German
Alternative forms
Interfix
-n-
- 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”)
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Latin
Etymology
Infix
-n-
- 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”)
- 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”)
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Navajo
Interfix
-n-
- 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
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Polabian
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Slavic *-ьn-. Compare glåvnĕ from Proto-Slavic *golvьnъ.
Suffix
-n-
- forms adjectives from nouns
- glåvă + -n- → glåvnĕ
- trai̯vă̯ + -n- → trai̯vnĕ
- lai̯cår + -n- → lai̯cernĕ
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References
- Kazimierz Polański (2010) Jan Okuniewski, editor, Gramatyka języka połabskiego (in Polish), Katowice: Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, page 149
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Interfix
-n-
- used to connect a word that ends in a nasal vowel or nasal diphthong to a suffix
- canção (“song”) + -n- + -eiro → cancioneiro (“songbook”)
- capim (“wild grass”) + -n- + -ar → capinar (“to remove weeds”)
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Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From -ng (“enclitic suffix”).
Pronunciation
Interfix
-n- (Baybayin spelling ᜈ᜔)
- 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
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Turkish
Interfix
-n-
- 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
- Thematic consonant between the third person possessive suffix -i and case endings.