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
- unit, one of a group
- it tsāla – one of the vegetables.
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- head
- sentence in Knrawi here
- translation here
| 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
Particle
it
- first-person particle
- sentence in Knrawi here
- translation here
Usage notes
generally only used when disambiguation is necessary