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==Kirtumur== | ==Kirtumur== | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
From East Kyrdan ''*nȳ'' (“star”), from Early Proto-Kyrdan ''*niwə'' (“star”). Doublet of ''newa''. Cognate with Kērsalur ''newa'', Cirdamur ''ni'', Old Sērsal ''nix''. | From East Kyrdan ''*nȳ'' (“star”), from Early Proto-Kyrdan ''*niwə'' (“star”). Doublet of ''newa''. Possibly related to Aiwanic ''nius'' “main sequence star”. Cognate with Kērsalur ''newa'', Cirdamur ''ni'', Old Sērsal ''nix''. | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
*(''Umunesal'') [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: [neː] | *(''Umunesal'') [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: [neː] | ||
Revision as of 16:23, 22 May 2021
Kirtumur
Etymology
From East Kyrdan *nȳ (“star”), from Early Proto-Kyrdan *niwə (“star”). Doublet of newa. Possibly related to Aiwanic nius “main sequence star”. Cognate with Kērsalur newa, Cirdamur ni, Old Sērsal nix.
Pronunciation
Noun
nē n inanimate declension
- A luminous celestial body, made up of plasma.
- Ē nē – white star.
- Nēlkera zōn ukkura nēka paōne – Sometimes, when the sky is clear, you can see the stars.
- A symbol, a marker of divine names, which is always written before the name, but is not pronounced.
- entiri nēnne – the star of the gods.
- phaccitnu nē – four-pointed star.
Declension
| Inanimate declension (vocalic) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Absolutive | nē | nēwa | nēka |
| Oblique | niwex | nēwax | niwekax |
| Locative | niwenei | nēwanei | niwekanei |
| Possession | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type II | ||||||
| singular | dual | plural | ||||
| 1st | nēyu | nēyau | nēme | |||
| 2nd | nēšu | nēšau | nēšne | |||
| 3rd | nēnu | nēnau | nēnne | |||
Derived terms
- unēa – starry
- Nēruŋ – the dawn star, Venus
- Hōikannēka – the seven sibling stars, the Pleiades