eny

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See also: ÉNy, -eny, and -ény

English

Determiner

eny

Pronunciation spelling of any.
- 1862, Various, Continental Monthly, Vol. II. July, 1862. No. 1.‎:
  FREE--and that the schulehouses war a d--d sight thicker than the bugs in Miles Privett's beds! and thet's saying a heap, for ef eny on you kin sleep in his house, excep' he takes to the soft side of the floor, I'm d--d.
- 1893, C. C. Goodwin, The Wedge of Gold‎:
  Ther stranger pays fur eny bow they make, for any smile they give.
- 1912, Al. G. Field, Watch Yourself Go By‎:
  Why, he kin sing eny song and do ent cut-up antik eny of 'em kin.
- 1916, Peggy Edmund, Harold W. Williams, compilers, Toaster's Handbook‎:
  "Does de white folks in youah neighborhood keep eny chickens, Br'er Rastus?"
Obsolete spelling of any.

Anagrams

-yne, NYE, Ney, Nye, Yen, ney, nye, yen

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ônɨ; compare Apalaí seny, Carijona enï, Trió senï, Wayana sin, Waiwai on, Macushi seni, Pemon senü.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Pronoun

eny

the inanimate singular invisible proximal demonstrative pronoun; this (that I can’t see), this (somewhere around here)

Inflection

Kari'na demonstratives

category		inanimate pronoun		animate pronoun
category		singular	plural	singular	plural
proximal	visible	ero	erokon	mose	mòsaro(n), mojan, mòsékon^V
proximal	invisible	eny	enykon	mose	mòsaro(n), mojan, mòsékon^V
medial		—	—	mòko	mòkaro(n)
distal	visible	moro	morokon	moky	mòkan, mókykon^V
distal	invisible	mony	monykon	moky	mòkan, mókykon^V
anaphoric		iro	irokon	inoro	inaro(n), inorokon^V
V. Venezuelan dialect.

References

Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 53–54, 263
Meira, Sérgio (2002) “A first comparison of pronominal and demonstrative systems in the Cariban language family”, in Mily Crevels, Simon van de Kerke, Sergio Meira and Hein van der Voort, editors, Current Studies on South American Languages‎, Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275
Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “enï”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 149; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 147
Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “eny”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume‎, University of Oregon, page 731

Malagasy

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Particle

eny

yes

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