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===Noun===
===Noun===
''''hipanaka''' (animate)
'''hipanaka''' (animate)


# the night
# the night

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Nepokian

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

IPA: /hiˈpanaka/

Noun

hipanaka (animate)

  1. the night

Inflection