nne

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See also: NNE, -nne, nnê, nṋe, -nñe, and -ññe

Igbo

Etymology

From Proto-Igboid *í-nẽ̀ẽ́. Cognate with Ekpeye íná, Ogbah ɔ̀ná, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ńné, Ika ńné.

Pronunciation

Noun

ńné

  1. mother

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

Numeral

nne

  1. four; 4

Further reading

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

Numeral

nne

  1. four

Swahili

Swahili numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: -nne
    Ordinal: -a nne

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Numeral

-nne (declinable)

  1. four

Inflection

Inflected forms of -nne (plural only)
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) —
m-mi class(III/IV) — minne
ji-ma class(V/VI) — manne
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) — vinne
n class(IX/X) — nne
u class(XI) — see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) panne
ku class(XVII) kunne
mu class(XVIII) munne

Coordinate terms

Swahili cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
—0 —1 —2 —3 —4 —5 —6 —7 —8 —9
0— sifuri -moja, mosi -wili, pili -tatu -nne -tano sita saba -nane tisa, kenda
1— kumi kumi na moja, edashara kumi na mbili, thenashara kumi na tatu, thelatashara kumi na nne, arobatashara kumi na tano, hamstashara kumi na sita, sitashara kumi na saba, sabatashara kumi na nane, themantashara kumi na tisa, tisatashara
2— ishirini ishirini na moja ishirini na mbili ishirini na tatu ishirini na nne ishirini na tano ishirini na sita ishirini na saba ishirini na nane ishirini na tisa
3— thelathini thelathini na moja thelathini na mbili thelathini na tatu thelathini na nne thelathini na tano thelathini na sita thelathini na saba thelathini na nane thelathini na tisa
4— arobaini arobaini na moja arobaini na mbili arobaini na tatu arobaini na nne arobaini na tano arobaini na sita arobaini na saba arobaini na nane arobaini na tisa
5— hamsini hamsini na moja hamsini na mbili hamsini na tatu hamsini na nne hamsini na tano hamsini na sita hamsini na saba hamsini na nane hamsini na tisa
6— sitini sitini na moja sitini na mbili sitini na tatu sitini na nne sitini na tano sitini na sita sitini na saba sitini na nane sitini na tisa
7— sabini sabini na moja sabini na mbili sabini na tatu sabini na nne sabini na tano sabini na sita sabini na saba sabini na nane sabini na tisa
8— themanini themanini na moja themanini na mbili themanini na tatu themanini na nne themanini na tano themanini na sita themanini na saba themanini na nane themanini na tisa
9— tisini tisini na moja tisini na mbili tisini na tatu tisini na nne tisini na tano tisini na sita tisini na saba tisini na nane tisini na tisa

Noun

nne (n class, plural nne)

  1. (card games) four

See also

Playing cards in Swahili · karata za kucheza (layout · text)
ree, rea, rei mbili tatu nne tano sita saba
nane tisa kumi ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha jokari

Tswana

Tswana cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : nne

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

Numeral

nne

  1. four

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

Noun

nne (obligatorily possessed; possessed nnedü, possessed plural nnakomo)

  1. child, offspring; son or daughter
  2. (in relation to a man) brother’s son or daughter, fraternal niece or nephew
  3. (in relation to a woman) sister’s son or daughter, sororal niece or nephew
  4. male parallel cousin’s child
    1. father’s brother’s son’s son or daughter
    2. mother’s sister’s son’s son or daughter
  5. female cross-cousin’s child
    1. father’s sister’s daughter’s son or daughter
    2. mother’s brother’s daughter’s son or daughter

Usage notes

Unlike other animate nouns (including kinship terms), this noun is never used with the plural possessive suffix -tomo; instead, the general plural suffix -komo is exceptionally used with its possessed form, with the noun itself also undergoing an irregular vowel change in the plural.

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “nne”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 117–118
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “nnedü”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 288
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “nnedɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
  • The template Template:R:mch:Monterrey does not use the parameter(s): 
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