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==Nanyse==
==Nanyse==
===Alternative Forms===
ϣλц (''[[orthography:Ubaneb Nanyse|Dumun script]]'')


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
(unknown)
From the [[w:Sumerian_language|Sumerian]] word ''yám'', meaning bright or white.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
*(Ohi) [[w:IPA|IPA]]: /wʉm/
*(''Nanyse Proper'') [[w:IPA|IPA]]: /wʉm/
*(Kote) [[w:IPA|IPA]]: /wɵm/
*(''Kote Dialect'') [[w:IPA|IPA]]: /wɵm/
*(Jara) [[w:IPA|IPA]]: /wʉm/
*(''Jara Dialect'') [[w:IPA|IPA]]: /wʉm/
*(Yrem) [[w:IPA|IPA]]: /wum/
*(''Yrem Dialect'') [[w:IPA|IPA]]: /wum/


===Noun===
===Noun===
'''wum'''
'''wum''' ''i'' (''plural: wumz; wumza; wumwum'')
 
#The color white.
 
===Usage Notes===


The color white.
===Synonyms===


====Declension====
===Derived Terms===
In Nanyse, colors are counted as inanimate gender.


Plural forms:
===Related Terms===
* wumz
* wumza
* wumwum


===Translations===


[[Category:Contionary]][[Category:Nanyse]][[Category:Nouns]][[Category:Colors]]
[[Category:Contionary]][[Category:Nanyse words]][[Category:Nanyse nouns]]

Latest revision as of 19:52, 20 August 2013

Nanyse

Alternative Forms

ϣλц (Dumun script)

Etymology

From the Sumerian word yám, meaning bright or white.

Pronunciation

  • (Nanyse Proper) IPA: /wʉm/
  • (Kote Dialect) IPA: /wɵm/
  • (Jara Dialect) IPA: /wʉm/
  • (Yrem Dialect) IPA: /wum/

Noun

wum i (plural: wumz; wumza; wumwum)

  1. The color white.

Usage Notes

Synonyms

Derived Terms

Related Terms

Translations