Contionary:hipanaka

Nepokian

Etymology

From Middle Nepokian sipantax, Old Nepokian kspantax, Proto-Nepokian kspentax, ultimately Proto-Indo-European *kʷspent- (“night”) , compare Hittite ispant-, Sanskrit kṣáp

The change from e to a in kspantax is irregular and of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

IPA: /hiˈpanaka/

Noun

'hipanaka (animate)

1. the night

Inflection

Declension of hiapanaka (3rd declension)
Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	hiapanaka		hiapanaka'a
Vocative	hiapanaka		hiapanaka'a
Accusative	hiapanaka'a		hiapanaka'a
Instrumental	hiapanaka'i		hiapanakapi
Dative	hiapanaka'ai		hiapanakamo
Ablative	hiapanaka		hiapanakamo
Genitive	hiapanaka		hiapanaka'a
Locative	hiapanaka'i		hiapanakahu
Allative	hiapanaka'a		hiapanaka'a
Elative	hiapanaka'a		hiapanaka'a