Contionary:jen

Carnian

Alternative forms

• en

Etymology

Clipping of Old Carnian jeden, itself from Proto-Slavic *edinъ. Compare Slovene en, Slovene eden, Serbo-Croatian jedan.

Pronunciation

• (unstressed) IPA: [jɛn]
• (stressed) IPA: [jɛ̂n]
• (Carinthian) IPA: [jɛ̃], [jɛ̃̂]

Article

jen

1. a, an (indefinite article)

   jen pies ― a dog

Usage notes

When preceded by jem or jes, it becomes shortened to en (Jem en Carnian ― I am a Carnian). When preceded by je, the phrase je jen is contracted to jen.

Declension

		Singular
		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		jen	jena	jeno
Accusative	inanimate		jenà	jenga
	animate	jenga
Genitive			jene
Dative		jemo	jeni	jemo

Numeral

jen (ordinal perv)

1. one

Soc'ul'

Etymology 1

Wacag logograph

From Sekhulla hən, from Wascotl *fen-otl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xə˧n]

Noun

jen class 4 (plural/indefinite jenjen)

1. fish

   Hanuc' a hab a có tabdil jen cuder n'ehx.

   The mother and child see lots of fish blood and a flower.

2. (comparative) small fish

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Adjective

jen

1. (aquatic animals) small

   Uc' coxteirí coxhablaz'i joti, í añ'jenjí jenjí hiaíu cexhú jutxux.

   You'd think those are just babies, but tropical bottletail squids are all that small.

2. (dialectal, slang) easy

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Derived terms

• ih jen'ax xad uim coil jenyan' eý c'ez nuc' āhhut'ijaij jenjen xeyad
• jen cūl'
• jen icah
• jen pfýani
• jen teúíl
• jen yasacri
• jenjen xeyad
• nanam jenjen xeyad cual muzad
• txih jen xemul'
• uc' nauxeyad jen uim
• xauc txih jen xemul' "un' ez'e suiad ez'e xeuár'ují"

Descendants

• Sokya: he³

Etymology 2

Wacag logographs

From Sekhulla həni, from Wascotl *fen-i. Cognate to Kilīmos-sāîl fene.

Verb

jen

erg

1. to flow

   Cual un', miu āhujen cuder' cuder' jer' en eý jenxad.

   Indeed, the water's been flowing too much in my area.

erg or acc

1. to cry, to salivate

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Derived terms

• cuzax jen xenuz
• jensutx

Etymology 3

Wacag logographs

From Sekhulla hənsuʃ, from Wascotl *fen-cosc. Cognate to Gwaxol xwez¹.

Adjective

jen

1. moist, wet

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2. (dialectal) sad

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Synonyms

(small):

• ax
• jadil
• miuxad
• xeuád
• xil

(sad):

• jensutx
• maiin

Thustani

Pronunciation

• (Wangdru): IPA^(key): [ʈ͡ʂen]
• (Chyintiang): IPA^(key): [ʈ͡ʂɤ̃]

Noun

jen (classifier ru)

1. child; offspring regardless of age or gender

   Coordinate terms: hun, pel

   Si nguma jen das ru: hun-gi dus ai pel-gi nye.

   I have three children: two sons and one daughter.

2. child; person younger than adulthood

   Synonym: chyek

Declension

Declension of jen

Absolutive	jen /ʈ͡ʂen/
Ergative	jenna /ʈ͡ʂen.nɐ/
Genitive	jennat /ʈ͡ʂen.nɐt/
Associative	jen gi /ʈ͡ʂen ɡi/
Benefactive	jen tas /ʈ͡ʂen tɑː/