Contionary:it

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Classical Meskangela

Etymology

From Proto-Meskangela *it (“alone, one of something”). Related to Proto-Ilain *aˀta “all”.

Pronunciation

IPA: [it]

Noun

it determiner, inanimate

  1. unit, one of a group
    it tsālaone of the vegetables.
  2. 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

it (pl. īja, ī)

  1. he. The third person singular neuter pronoun.
Inflection
Singular Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative
Masculine is is itma in
Feminine 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)

  1. 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⫽

Noun

it

  1. head
    sentence in Knrawi here
    translation here
it inflection
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

  1. first-person particle
    sentence in Knrawi here
    translation here

Usage notes

generally only used when disambiguation is necessary