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)

1. the night

Inflection

[show]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