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Cahuilla

Prefix

ne-

  1. I. First person singular pronoun added to a verb to show its subject.
  2. My. First person singular possessive pronoun added to a noun to show its possessor.

Chuukese

Prefix

ne-

  1. to look

Czech

Pronunciation

Prefix

ne-

  1. used to negate verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Akin to un-, non-, im-, ir-
    Mám hlad. (“I am hungry.”) → Nemám hlad. (“I am not hungry.”)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ne- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Prefix

ne-

  1. non- (Used to negate some words.)

Usage notes

  • ne- as an affix is less common than mal-, and is sometimes synonymous with it, but it can be used to signify the negative or absence of the root when this is different from its opposite, or when the root does not have a meaningful opposite. For example, neamiko (non-friend) suggests a stranger or acquaintance, as opposed to malamiko (enemy). For another example, nevidebla (invisible) is more idiomatic than *malvidebla because the latter would suggest something that one can "unsee" (kiun oni povas *malvidi), rather than something that cannot be seen (kiu ne estas videbla).

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See also

Ido

Etymology

Prefix form of ne.

Pronunciation

Prefix

ne-

  1. Used to negate verbs, adjectives, and adverbs; non-, un-, in-, im-, ir-.

Derived terms

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Latin ne (not) in compositions.

Pronunciation

Prefix

ne-

  1. absolutely negates the principal meaning
    ne- (not) + sciō (I know)nesciō (I don't know)

Quotations

"Nōmen nesciō" (N.N.) – I don't know the name, John Doe

Derived terms

Latvian

Etymology

From the same stem as the general negative particle (no).

Prefix

ne-

  1. Used on all verb forms to form the negative version of that form (runāju (I speak), nerunāju (I don't speak)), as well as on nouns and adjectives to indicate negation (like Latin in-, im-; English un-; or Russian не- (ne-)).

Derived terms

Lithuanian

Etymology

From the same stem as the general negative particle ne (no).

Prefix

ne-

  1. Used on all verb forms to form the negative version of that form, as well as on nouns, adjectives and adverbs to indicate negation.
    ne- + tvarkà 'order' → netvarkà 'disorder, mess'
    ne- + ramùs 'calm' → neramùs 'restless, uneasy'
    ne- + geraĩ 'well' → negeraĩ 'badly'
    ne- + norė́ti 'want' → nenorė́ti 'not want'

Derived terms

Northern Kurdish

Prefix

ne-

  1. forms the negative subjunctive mood of verbs.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ne (not), from Proto-Indo-European *ne (no, not). Cognate with Old English ne- (not).

Prefix

ne-

  1. not
    nederento not hurt
    nedrādanto not fear
    negeronto not covet
    neduonto not do
    nequāmI/he didn't come
    newitanto not know
    nēnnone
    nionever
    niewihtnot, nothing
    newarahowever

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ne (not), from Proto-Indo-European *ne (no, not). Akin to Old English ne (not).

Pronunciation

Prefix

ne-

  1. not
    neomam not
    næswas not
    nǣronwere not
    nicnot me
    nǣniġno one, none, not any, no (adj.)
    neallesnot at all, by no means
    nefneunless, except, not even
    nabbanto not have
    nāganto not owe, not own
    nǣfrenever
    nyllanto not want, refuse
    ne- + ‎witan (to know) → ‎nytan (to not know)
    ne- + ‎wāt (I know) → ‎nāt (I do not know)
    ne- + ‎witen (known) → ‎nyten (ignorant)

Usage notes

  • Often syncopated to n-.

Romanian

Etymology

Probably of Slavic origin,[1] possibly borrowed from Old Church Slavonic не- (ne-) or some other language (cf. Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian не-), from Proto-Slavic *ne. Less likely, originally from Latin ne-, and reinforced or influenced by the Slavic prefix. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ne.

Pronunciation

Prefix

ne-

  1. un-; de- (attached to past participles, gerundives and some adjectives to negate them)
    ne- + ‎cunoscut (known) → ‎necunoscut (unknown)
    ne- + ‎înțeles (understood) → ‎neînțeles (misunderstood)
    ne- + ‎prietenos (friendly) → ‎neprietenos (unfriendly)
    ne- + ‎folosind → ‎nefolosind (not using, without using)

Derived terms

References

Serbo-Croatian

Prefix

ne- (Cyrillic spelling не-)

  1. Prefix prepended to adjectives to create an adjective denoting a negative meaning (ne (not)). Akin to un-, non-, im-, ir-.

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