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Curripaco
Prefix
nu-
- first person singular agent marker
- nuiraka : I am drinking
References
- Swintha Danielsen, Tania Granadillo, Agreement in two Arawak languages, in The Typology of Semantic Alignment (edited by Mark Donohue, Søren Wichmann) (2008, →ISBN, page 398
Lithuanian
Etymology
From the preposition nuo.
Pronunciation
Prefix
nu-
- (with verbs indicating motion) describes an action's movement downward
- (with verbs indicating motion) describes an action's movement into the distance
- (with verbs) describes an improvement and advanced progress in the action
- (with verbs) describes achievement through some action or event
- (with verbs) describes an action or event's outspread over a surface
- (with verbs) describes a type of perfective aspect in solitary events or actions
Derived terms
Makasar
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nu- (nominative proclitic, Lontara spelling ᨊᨘ)
- you (familiar second person singular and plural)
See also
Makasar free and bound pronouns
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Prefix
nu-
- Alternative form of no-
Tocharian B
Verb
nu-
- to cry out, shout
- to threaten