An

Munja'kin

Etymology

From Proto-Munja'kin *ʔen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /an/

Preposition

an

1. (ablative) from

   Hi 'in gaha an lia!

   Get away from her!

   -Munja'kin Mother (Emerald City, Episode 101)

2. (ergative) co-occurs with displaced agents
3. (inalienable inanimate possession/genitive) of (uses a pronoun's possessive form)

   Mia koa niu vozoku an jalindri an Oza.

   Magic has existed as long as Oz. (Lit. Magic has existed from the birth of Oz.)

   -Nahara (Emerald City, Episode 109)

4. (inferior animate relationship) of (indicates a subordinate relationship, as an employee to a boss, or a daughter to a mother, uses a pronoun's possessive form)

Conjunction

an

1. (relativizer) that, who (uses the verb's nominal form)

   Nombu tun an hioi an ga ubauri angu niruri an-d-lihuzri tun niu.

   I have no words to waste on the mistake that got me here. (Lit. I lack words that may be wasted regarding the mistake that makes me float here.)

   -Nahara (Emerald City, Episode 109)

Notes

An causes a following consonant (but not a following cluster) to voice, and becomes an-d- before z, l and r:

Effects of an

Initial sound	+an
p	an b
t	an d
ch	an j
k	an g
s	an-d-z
z
l	an-d-l
r	an-d-r

Derived Terms

• angu

 

Related Terms

• 'in

 

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Etymology

From an invisible proto-language.
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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ən/

Article

an (genitive; see also nominative u, objective ü, vocative e)

1. of the; genitive definite article (commonly omitted; causes n-mutation)