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(Created page with "== Jorvanian == === Etymology === From Middle High German ''über'', from Old High German ''ubiri'', ''ubari'', from Proto-Germanic ''*ubiri'', from Proto-Indo-European ''*upéri'', from ''*upér'' (ultimately from ''*upo'' + ''*-i''). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (''hupér'', “above”), Latin ''super'' (“above”). === Preposition === '''über''' # above, over #: '''''Über''' il ġaba, il čjelo es blù.'' ― '''Over''' the forest, the sky is blue. #...") |
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#: '''''Über''' il ġaba, il čjelo es blù.'' ― '''Over''' the forest, the sky is blue. | #: '''''Über''' il ġaba, il čjelo es blù.'' ― '''Over''' the forest, the sky is blue. | ||
#: ''I àvi fligano '''über''' il čjelo. | #: ''I àvi fligano '''über''' il čjelo.'' ― The birds fly '''over''' the sky. | ||
# across | # across | ||
#: ''Ij vjaǧǧo in ferjata '''über''' il mar,'' ― I travel on the ferry '''across''' the sea. | #: ''Ij vjaǧǧo in ferjata '''über''' il mar,'' ― I travel on the ferry '''across''' the sea. | ||
Latest revision as of 08:38, 19 October 2024
Jorvanian
Etymology
From Middle High German über, from Old High German ubiri, ubari, from Proto-Germanic *ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér (ultimately from *upo + *-i). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”), Latin super (“above”).
Preposition
über
- above, over
- Über il ġaba, il čjelo es blù. ― Over the forest, the sky is blue.
- I àvi fligano über il čjelo. ― The birds fly over the sky.
- across
- Ij vjaǧǧo in ferjata über il mar, ― I travel on the ferry across the sea.
- over, more than, above (a quantity)