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==Kirtumur==
==Kirtumur==
===Etymology===
===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''.
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'', Old Ķyrdum ''niu''.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===

Revision as of 16:30, 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, Old Ķyrdum niu.

Pronunciation

  • (Umunesal) IPA: [neː]
  • (Erepursal) IPA: [nøː]

Noun

n inanimate declension

  1. A luminous celestial body, made up of plasma.
    Ē – white star.
    Nēlkera zōn ukkura nēka paōne – Sometimes, when the sky is clear, you can see the stars.
  2. A symbol, a marker of divine names, which is always written before the name, but is not pronounced.
    entiri nne – the star of the gods.
    phaccitnu – four-pointed star.

Declension

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