Contionary:it

Classical Meskangela

Etymology

From Proto-Meskangela *it (“alone, one of something”). Related to Proto-Ilain *aˀta “all”.

Pronunciation

IPA: [it]

Noun

it determiner, inanimate

1. unit, one of a group

   it tsāla – one of the vegetables.

2. number of occurences, ratio of comparison

   sum it rëjēsti twasnaŋëlas – we went there three times.

   sëlágis, thai it nyî-tau thūrā – the sun is many times brighter, than the moon.

Declension

Case	Singular		Dual		Plural
	non-focused	focused	non-focused	focused	non-focused	focused
Absolutive	it	ita	itëse	itësaŋ	iteda	itëdaŋ
Ergative	iti	itis	itësi	itissīŋ	ittī	itistīŋ
Instrumental	ito	iton	itësën	itësnoŋ	itënī	itonīŋ
Vocative	á ito	—	hí ito	—	í itoda	—
Locative 1	itëna	itëmpā	itësin	itëpaŋ	itëdin	itëpiŋ
Locative 2	itëta	itëtau	itëtas	itëttuŋ	itetū	itëtūŋ
Locative 3	itëtuhe	itëtuhu	itëthis	itëthuŋ	itetud	itëtudaŋ
Comitative	itëd	itëllō	itësid	itissaŋ	itedal	itëdalaŋ
Ablative	itëgi	itëgis	itëski	itëskiŋ	itekka	itëkkaŋ
Essive	itëlwa	itëlwas	itësilwa	itësilwaŋ	itedza	itëdzaŋ
Allative	itël	itëlas	itësla	itëslaŋ	itella	itëllaŋ

Possession
Prefix	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	ŋot	kasëit	kait
2nd person	nat	cut	kyet
3rd person	kat	khut	mait
Inanimate	at	hut	mait

• Dual forms of this word indicate a pair. Plural forms are rare, they indicate a large amount.

Valthungian

Etymology

From Old Valthungian it, cf. Gothic ita, from Proto-Germanic *et, *het.

Pronunciation

(Valthungian) IPA: /it/

Pronoun

it (pl. īja, ī)

1. he. The third person singular neuter pronoun.

Inflection

Singular	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative
Masculine	is	is	itma	in
Feminine	sī	ižas	iža	īja
Neuter	it	is	itma	it

Plural	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative
Masculine	īs	iža	im	ins
Feminine	ījas	iža	im	ījas
Neuter	īja, ī	iža	im	īja, ī

Zeudish

Etymology

From Middle Zeudish it, from Old Zeudish it, from Proto-West Germanic *it.

Pronunciation

• /ɪt/

Pronoun

it (accusative it, dative im, possessive as)

1. it (3rd-person singular neuter pronoun)

Declension

Zeudish personal pronouns
		nominative	accusative	genitive	dative	possessive
1st-person singular		ic	mic	miner	mie	mín
2nd-person singular		zu	zic	ziner	zie	zín
3rd-person singular	masculine	er	im	siner	im	sín
	feminine	sie	ien	arer	ár
	neuter	it		asser	im	as
1st-person plural		wie	ús	userer	user
2nd-person plural		jie	yf	ywerer	yf	ywer
3rd-person plural		zei	zan	zeirer	zeim	zeir

Knrawi

Etymology

Inherited.

Pronunciation

⫽ɪ˥t⫽

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ɪ˥t]
  
• (Royal) IPA^(key): [ɪ˥t]
  
• (Urban Anajrn) IPA^(key): [ɪ˥t]
  
• (Ufhewat) IPA^(key): [i˥t]
  
• (Zjiiama) IPA^(key): [i˥t]

Noun

it

1. head

   sentence in Knrawi here

   translation here

it inflection

	SG				PL/INDEF
	SGV		PTV		SGV		PTV
		GEN		GEN		GEN		GEN
NOM/DAT	itg	itg	itri	itri	itg	itg*	itri	itri*
ACC	it	ît	ziit	zîit	ìt	ît*	zìit	zîit*
LOC	sg itg	sĝ itg	sr itri	sr̂ itri	sg̀ itg	sĝ itg*	sr̀ itri	sr̂ itri*
*low falling tone in some regions

Derived terms

• itkjaía

 

Particle

it

1. first-person particle

   sentence in Knrawi here

   translation here

Usage notes

Generally only used as a particle when disambiguation is necessary