nne

See also: NNE, -nne, nnê, nṋe, -nñe, and -ññe

Igbo

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ń̩né/

Noun

ńné

  1. mother

Maquiritari

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [nne]

Noun

nne (possessed nnedü, plural nnakomo)

  1. child, offspring; son or daughter
  2. (in relation to a man) brother’s son or daughter, fraternal niece or nephew
  3. (in relation to a woman) sister’s son or daughter, sororal niece or nephew
  4. male parallel cousin’s child
    1. father’s brother’s son’s son or daughter
    2. mother’s sister’s son’s son or daughter
  5. female cross-cousin’s child
    1. father’s sister’s daughter’s son or daughter
    2. mother’s brother’s daughter’s son or daughter

Usage notes

Unlike other animate nouns (including kinship terms), this noun is never used with the plural possessive suffix -tomo; instead, the general plural suffix -komo is exceptionally used with its possessed form, with the noun itself also undergoing an irregular vowel change in the plural.

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “nne”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 117–118
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), “nnedü”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volume I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
  • Hall, Katherine (2007), “nnedɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 62–65, 70, 74

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

Numeral

nne

  1. four; 4

Further reading

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

Numeral

nne

  1. four

Swahili
Swahili numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: -nne
    Ordinal: -a nne

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Numeral

-nne (declinable)

  1. four

Inflection
Inflected forms of -nne
Noun class plural only
M-wa class
M-mi class minne
Ma class manne
Ki-vi class vinne
N class nne
U class nne
Pa class panne
Ku class kunne
Mu class munne

Coordinate terms
Swahili cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
—0 —1 —2 —3 —4 —5 —6 —7 —8 —9
0— sifuri-moja, mosi-wili, pili-tatu-nne-tanositasaba-nanetisa, kenda
1— kumikumi na moja, edasharakumi na mbili, thenasharakumi na tatu, thelatasharakumi na nne, arobatasharakumi na tano, hamstasharakumi na sita, sitasharakumi na saba, sabatasharakumi na nane, themantasharakumi na tisa, tisatashara
2— ishiriniishirini na mojaishirini na mbiliishirini na tatuishirini na nneishirini na tanoishirini na sitaishirini na sabaishirini na naneishirini na tisa
3— thelathinithelathini na mojathelathini na mbilithelathini na tatuthelathini na nnethelathini na tanothelathini na sitathelathini na sabathelathini na nanethelathini na tisa
4— arobainiarobaini na mojaarobaini na mbiliarobaini na tatuarobaini na nnearobaini na tanoarobaini na sitaarobaini na sabaarobaini na nanearobaini na tisa
5— hamsinihamsini na mojahamsini na mbilihamsini na tatuhamsini na nnehamsini na tanohamsini na sitahamsini na sabahamsini na nanehamsini na tisa
6— sitinisitini na mojasitini na mbilisitini na tatusitini na nnesitini na tanositini na sitasitini na sabasitini na nanesitini na tisa
7— sabinisabini na mojasabini na mbilisabini na tatusabini na nnesabini na tanosabini na sitasabini na sabasabini na nanesabini na tisa
8— themaninithemanini na mojathemanini na mbilithemanini na tatuthemanini na nnethemanini na tanothemanini na sitathemanini na sabathemanini na nanethemanini na tisa
9— tisinitisini na mojatisini na mbilitisini na tatutisini na nnetisini na tanotisini na sitatisini na sabatisini na nanetisini na tisa

Noun

nne (n class, plural nne)

  1. (card games) four

See also
Playing cards in Swahili · karata za kucheza (layout · text)
ree, rea, rei mbili tatu nne tano sita saba
nane tisa kumi ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha jokari

Tswana
Tswana cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : nne

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

Numeral

nne

  1. four
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