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English
Etymology
Abbreviation of nitrogen.
Prefix
N-
- (organic chemistry) the functional group that carries this prefix is attached to a nitrogen atom on the parent molecular segment
Derived terms
Related terms
Lithuanian
Etymology
Abbreviation of nuo (“from”), referencing the age that one must be old enough in order to watch a film.
Prefix
N-
- (film) Used for film rating systems in Lithuania.
Derived terms
Ternate
Etymology
Similar to processes found in a number of North Halmaheran languages.
Prefix
N-
- derives nouns from verbs
- N- + ahu (“to grow”) → gahu (“a sprout”)
- N- + ciko (“crooked”) → jiko (“corner, elbow, bay”)
- N- + fesa (“wet”) → besa (“rain”)
- N- + hahe (“to pull in”) → ngahe (“high tide”)
- N- + kuraci (“yellow”) → guraci (“gold, turmeric”)
- N- + tolabane (“to take passage (on a boat, etc.)”) → dolabane (“shipload”)
- N- + waje (“to say”) → ngajengaje (“story”) (with reduplication)
- increases the transitivity of a verb
- N- + ari (“to cry”) → gari (“to mourn, to cry for”)
- N- + fahe (“to leak”) → bahe (“to spread”)
- N- + firi (“to make way”) → biri (“to take with”)
- N- + ise (“to hear”) → gise (“to listen to”)
- derives a verb from a verb
- N- + himo (“old, old person”) → ngimo (“old”)
- N- + hohi (“to count (something)”) → nyonyohi (“to heed (someone's) advice”)
- N- + pala (“to rise”) → bala (“to float up”)
- N- + tero (“to make a hit”) → dero (“to make a hit”)
- derives a noun from a noun
- N- + hagi (“debt, claim”) → nyagi (“debt”)
Usage notes
N- behaves differently depending upon the initial phoneme of the root it is applied to.
- initial consonants f and p become b
- initial consonant t becomes d
- initial consonant k becomes g
- initial consonant c becomes j
- initial consonant h, when deriving historically from *y, becomes ny
- initial consonants h (not from historical *y) and w become ng
- initial consonants b, d, g, j, l, m, n, ng, ny r, and s remain unchanged
- vowel-initial roots with an underlying glottal stop are prefixed with g
- vowel-initial roots with no underlying glottal stop remain unchanged
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