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==[[Attian]]== | ==[[Attian]]== | ||
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From [[Attian#Ancient Attian|Ancient Attian]] ''{{c|iθneihma}}'', from [[Proto-Attamian]] ''{{c|*idinʷeʕmá}}'', ultimately from the biradical ''{{c|th-n}}'' pertaining to speech. Confer [[Damian]] ''{{c|damai}}'' and [[Namic]] ''{{c|ḍhiḥma}}'' (syncope form earlier ''ḍhimeḥma'') | From [[Attian#Ancient Attian|Ancient Attian]] ''{{c|iθneihma}}'', from [[Proto-Attamian]] ''{{c|*idinʷeʕmá}}'', ultimately from the biradical ''{{c|th-n}}'' pertaining to speech. Confer [[Damian]] ''{{c|damai}}'' and [[Namic]] ''{{c|ḍhiḥma}}'' (syncope form earlier ''ḍhimeḥma'') | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
*(''Attian proper'') [[Phonetics:IPA|IPA]]: /ɛθˈnɛŋa/ | *(''Attian proper'') [[Phonetics:IPA|IPA]]: /ɛθˈnɛŋa/ | ||
*(''Hayani Attian'') [[Phonetics:IPA|IPA]]: /ɛθˈniŋə/ | *(''[[Attian#Hayani Attian|Hayani Attian]]'') [[Phonetics:IPA|IPA]]: /ɛθˈniŋə/ | ||
*(''[[Attian#Vittori|Vittori Attian]]'') [[Phonetics:IPA|IPA]]: /ɛθˈnɪmə/ | |||
===Noun=== | ===Noun=== | ||
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*{{c|than}} | *{{c|than}} | ||
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[[Category:Contionary]][[Category:Attian words]][[Category:Attian nouns]] | <noinclude>[[Category:Contionary]][[Category:Attian words]][[Category:Attian nouns]]</noinclude> | ||
Latest revision as of 15:51, 25 April 2022
Attian
Alternative forms
חתנֵםְ (Attian Hevriti)
Etymology
From Ancient Attian iθneihma, from Proto-Attamian *idinʷeʕmá, ultimately from the biradical th-n pertaining to speech. Confer Damian damai and Namic ḍhiḥma (syncope form earlier ḍhimeḥma)
Pronunciation
- (Attian proper) IPA: /ɛθˈnɛŋa/
- (Hayani Attian) IPA: /ɛθˈniŋə/
- (Vittori Attian) IPA: /ɛθˈnɪmə/
Noun
ethnema f (plural patientive thinmim)
- (countable) A form of communication using words either spoken or gestured with the hands and structured with grammar, often with a writing system.
- ethnema ta athnai
- the Attian language
- ethnema ta athnai
- (plural) The ability to communicate using words.
- dima thinmat
- the gift of language
- dima thinmat
- (countable) Nonverbal communication.
- ethnema ta gasha
- body language
- ethnema ta gasha
- (countable) A computer language.
- (countable) The vocabulary and usage used in a particular specialist field - jargon, slang
- (countable) The particular words used in speech or a passage of text.
- The language he used to talk to me was obscene.
- The language used in the law does not permit any other interpretation.
- Words, written or spoken, in a specific sequence that a person uses to describe, to a another person, the type of thoughts in their mind.
Inflection
Usage notes
The word ethnema is a formal variant of the syncopised thenma with cognates in development in other Attamian languages. Likewise, the word thina is a far common substitution.
Synonyms
- (system of communication) thenma, thina
- (sense|vocabulary of a particular field) jargon
- (sense|particular words used) terma, yethna