Contionary:hipanaka
Nepokian
Etymology
From Middle Nepokian sipantax, Old Nepokian kspantax, Proto-Nepokian kspantax, kspentax, ultimately Proto-Indo-European *kʷspent- (“night”) , compare Hittite ispanza, Sanskrit क्षप् (kṣáp), Persian شب (šab)
The change from e to a is irregular and yet of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
IPA: /hiˈpanaka/
Noun
hipanaka (animate)
- the night
Inflection
| Declension of hipanaka (3rd declension) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | hipanaka | hipanaka'a | |
| Vocative | hipanaka | hipanaka'a | |
| Accusative | hipanaka'a | hipanaka'a | |
| Instrumental | hipanaka'i | hipanakapi | |
| Dative | hipanaka'ai | hipanakamo | |
| Ablative | hipanaka | hipanakamo | |
| Genitive | hipanaka | hipanaka'a | |
| Locative | hipanaka'i | hipanakahu | |
| Allative | hipanaka'a | hipanaka'a | |
| Elative | hipanaka'a | hipanaka'a | |